An Invitation to Quantum Field Theory

An Invitation to Quantum Field Theory by Luis Alvarez-Gaumé, Miguel A. Vázquez-Mozo.

This book provides an introduction to Quantum Field Theory (QFT) at an elementary level—with only special relativity, electromagnetism and quantum mechanics as prerequisites. For this fresh approach to teaching QFT, based on numerous lectures and courses given by the authors, a representative sample...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alvarez-Gaumé, Luis (Author), Vázquez-Mozo, Miguel A. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edition:1st ed. 2012.
Series:Lecture Notes in Physics, 839
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Subjects:
Elementary particles (Physics).
Quantum field theory.
String theory.
Quantum physics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Why Do We Need Quantum Field Theory After All?
  • From Classical to Quantum Fields
  • Theories and Lagrangian I: Matter Fields
  • Theories and Lagrangian II: Introducing Gauge Fields
  • Theories and Lagrangian II: The Standard Model
  • Towards Computational Rules: Feynman Diagrams
  • Symmetries I: Continuous Symmetries
  • Renormalization
  • Anomalies
  • The Origin of Mass
  • Symmetries II: Discrete Symmetries
  • Effective Field Theories and Naturalness
  • Special Topics
  • Notation, Conventions and Units
  • A Crash Course in Group Theory
  • Index.

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