Path Integrals in Field Theory An Introduction

Path Integrals in Field Theory An Introduction / by Ulrich Mosel.

This short and concise textbook is intended as a primer on path integral formalism both in classical and quantum field theories, although emphasis is on the latter. It is ideally suited as an intensive one-semester course, delivering the basics needed by readers to follow developments in field theor...

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Main Author: Mosel, Ulrich (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004.
Edition:1st ed. 2004.
Series:Advanced Texts in Physics,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Elementary particles (Physics).
Quantum field theory.
Physics.
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Table of Contents:
  • I Non-Relativistic Quantum Theory
  • 1 The Path Integral in Quantum Theory
  • 2 Perturbation Theory
  • 3 Generating Functionals
  • II Relativistic Quantum Field Theory
  • 4 Relativistic Fields
  • 5 Path Integrals for Scalar Fields
  • 6 Evaluation of Path Integrals
  • 7 Transition Rates and Green’s Functions
  • 8 Green’s Functions
  • 9 Perturbative ?4 Theory
  • 10 Green’s Functions for Fermions
  • 11 Interacting Fields
  • III Gauge Field Theory
  • 12 Path Integrals for QED
  • 13 Path Integrals for Gauge Fields
  • 14 Examples for Gauge Field Theories
  • Units and Metric
  • A.1 Units
  • A.2 Metric and Notation
  • Functionals
  • B.1 Definition
  • B.2 Functional Integration
  • B.2.1 Gaussian Integrals
  • B.3 Functional Derivatives
  • Renormalization Integrals
  • Gaussian Grassmann Integration
  • References.

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