The Physics of Quantum Fields /
This book provides a gentle introduction to the physics of quantized fields and many-body physics. Based on courses taught at the University of Illinois, it concentrates on the basic conceptual issues that many students find difficult, and emphasizes the physical and visualizable aspects of the subj...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
2000.
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| Series: | Graduate texts in contemporary physics.
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Table of Contents:
- Discrete Systems
- Relativistic Scalar Fields
- Perturbation Theory
- Feynman Rules
- Loops, Unitarity and Analyticity
- Formal Developments
- Fermions
- QED
- Electrons in Solids
- Non-Relativistic Bosons
- Finite Temperature
- Path Integrals
- Functional Methods
- Path-integrals for Fermions
- Lattice Field Theory
- The Renormalization Group
- Fields and Renormalization
- Large N Expansions
- Appendices: A Relativistic State Normalistion
- B The General Commutator
- C Dimensional Regularization
- D Spinors and the Principle of the Sextant
- E Indefinite Metric
- F Phonons and Momentum
- G Determinants in Quantum Mechanics.