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Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur
Taschenbuch von Tom Lancaster (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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Quantum field theory provides the theoretical backbone to most modern physics. This book is designed to bring quantum field theory to a wider audience of physicists. It is packed with worked examples, witty diagrams, and applications intended to introduce a new audience to this revolutionary theory.
Quantum field theory provides the theoretical backbone to most modern physics. This book is designed to bring quantum field theory to a wider audience of physicists. It is packed with worked examples, witty diagrams, and applications intended to introduce a new audience to this revolutionary theory.
Über den Autor
Tom Lancaster was a Research Fellow in Physics at the University of Oxford, before becoming a Lecturer at the University of Durham in 2012.

Stephen J. Blundell is a Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Overture

  • I: The Universe as a set of harmonic oscillators

  • 1: Lagrangians

  • 2: Simple harmonic oscillators

  • 3: Occupation number representation

  • 4: Making second quantization work

  • II: Writing down Lagrangians

  • 5: Continuous systems

  • 6: A first stab at relativistic quantum mechanics

  • 7: Examples of Lagrangians, or how to write down a theory

  • III: The need for quantum fields

  • 8: The passage of time

  • 9: Quantum mechanical transformations

  • 10: Symmetry

  • 11: Canonical quantization of fields

  • 12: Examples of canonical quantization

  • 13: Fields with many components and massive electromagnetism

  • 14: Gauge fields and gauge theory

  • 15: Discrete transformations

  • IV: Propagators and perturbations

  • 16: Ways of doing quantum mechanics: propagators and Green's functions

  • 17: Propagators and Fields

  • 18: The S-matrix

  • 19: Expanding the S-matrix: Feynman diagrams

  • 20: Scattering theory

  • V: Interlude: wisdom from statistical physics

  • 21: Statistical physics: a crash course

  • 22: The generating functional for fields

  • VI: Path Integrals

  • 23: Path Integrals: I said to him, "You're crazy"

  • 24: Field Integrals

  • 25: Statistical field theory

  • 26: Broken symmetry

  • 27: Coherent states

  • 28: Grassmann numbers: coherent states and the path integral for fermions

  • VII: Topological ideas

  • 29: Topological objects

  • 30: Topological field theory

  • VIII: Renormalization: taming the infinite

  • 31: Renormalization, quasiparticles and the Fermi surface

  • 32: Renormalization: the problem and its solution

  • 33: Renormalization in action: propagators and Feynman diagrams

  • 34: The renormalization group

  • 35: Ferromagnetism: a renormalization group tutorial

  • IX: Putting a spin on QFT

  • 36: The Dirac equation

  • 37: How to transform a spinor

  • 38: The quantum Dirac field

  • 39: A rough guide to quantum electrodynamics

  • 40: QED scattering: three famous cross sections

  • 41: The renormalization of QED and two great results

  • X: Some applications from the world of condensed matter

  • 42: Superfluids

  • 43: The many-body problem and the metal

  • 44: Superconductors

  • 45: The fractional quantum Hall fluid

  • XI: Some applications from the world of particle physics

  • 46: Non-abelian gauge theory

  • 47: The Weinberg-Salam model

  • 48: Majorana fermions

  • 49: Magnetic monopoles

  • 50: Instantons, tunnelling and the end of the world

  • Appendix A: Further reading

  • Appendix B: Useful complex analysis

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Fachbereich: Theoretische Physik
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780199699339
ISBN-10: 019969933X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Lancaster, Tom
Blundell, Stephen J.
Hersteller: Oxford University Press(UK)
Maße: 246 x 189 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Tom Lancaster (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.2014
Gewicht: 0,965 kg
Artikel-ID: 105557967
Über den Autor
Tom Lancaster was a Research Fellow in Physics at the University of Oxford, before becoming a Lecturer at the University of Durham in 2012.

Stephen J. Blundell is a Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Overture

  • I: The Universe as a set of harmonic oscillators

  • 1: Lagrangians

  • 2: Simple harmonic oscillators

  • 3: Occupation number representation

  • 4: Making second quantization work

  • II: Writing down Lagrangians

  • 5: Continuous systems

  • 6: A first stab at relativistic quantum mechanics

  • 7: Examples of Lagrangians, or how to write down a theory

  • III: The need for quantum fields

  • 8: The passage of time

  • 9: Quantum mechanical transformations

  • 10: Symmetry

  • 11: Canonical quantization of fields

  • 12: Examples of canonical quantization

  • 13: Fields with many components and massive electromagnetism

  • 14: Gauge fields and gauge theory

  • 15: Discrete transformations

  • IV: Propagators and perturbations

  • 16: Ways of doing quantum mechanics: propagators and Green's functions

  • 17: Propagators and Fields

  • 18: The S-matrix

  • 19: Expanding the S-matrix: Feynman diagrams

  • 20: Scattering theory

  • V: Interlude: wisdom from statistical physics

  • 21: Statistical physics: a crash course

  • 22: The generating functional for fields

  • VI: Path Integrals

  • 23: Path Integrals: I said to him, "You're crazy"

  • 24: Field Integrals

  • 25: Statistical field theory

  • 26: Broken symmetry

  • 27: Coherent states

  • 28: Grassmann numbers: coherent states and the path integral for fermions

  • VII: Topological ideas

  • 29: Topological objects

  • 30: Topological field theory

  • VIII: Renormalization: taming the infinite

  • 31: Renormalization, quasiparticles and the Fermi surface

  • 32: Renormalization: the problem and its solution

  • 33: Renormalization in action: propagators and Feynman diagrams

  • 34: The renormalization group

  • 35: Ferromagnetism: a renormalization group tutorial

  • IX: Putting a spin on QFT

  • 36: The Dirac equation

  • 37: How to transform a spinor

  • 38: The quantum Dirac field

  • 39: A rough guide to quantum electrodynamics

  • 40: QED scattering: three famous cross sections

  • 41: The renormalization of QED and two great results

  • X: Some applications from the world of condensed matter

  • 42: Superfluids

  • 43: The many-body problem and the metal

  • 44: Superconductors

  • 45: The fractional quantum Hall fluid

  • XI: Some applications from the world of particle physics

  • 46: Non-abelian gauge theory

  • 47: The Weinberg-Salam model

  • 48: Majorana fermions

  • 49: Magnetic monopoles

  • 50: Instantons, tunnelling and the end of the world

  • Appendix A: Further reading

  • Appendix B: Useful complex analysis

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Fachbereich: Theoretische Physik
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780199699339
ISBN-10: 019969933X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Lancaster, Tom
Blundell, Stephen J.
Hersteller: Oxford University Press(UK)
Maße: 246 x 189 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Tom Lancaster (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.2014
Gewicht: 0,965 kg
Artikel-ID: 105557967
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