Renormalization : an introduction to renormalization, the renormalization group, and the operator-product expansion /

Many numerical predictions of experimental phenomena in particle physics are made possible by exploiting the discovery that simplifications can happen when phenomena are investigated on short distance and time scales. This book provides a coherent exposition of the renormalization techniques underly...

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Main Author: Collins, John C. (John Clements), 1949- (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Series:Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Many numerical predictions of experimental phenomena in particle physics are made possible by exploiting the discovery that simplifications can happen when phenomena are investigated on short distance and time scales. This book provides a coherent exposition of the renormalization techniques underlying these calculations. After reminding the reader of some basic properties of field theories, examples are used to explain the problems to be treated. The technique of dimensional regularization and the renormalization group is then shown. Finally a number of key applications are demonstrated, culminating in the treatment of deeply inelastic scattering. Originally published in 1977, this title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.
Item Description:"First published 1984, first paperback printing 1985, reprinted 1987, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1998, reissued as OA 2023."
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781009401807
1009401807
DOI:10.1017/9781009401807