Introduction to quantum field theory with applications to quantum gravity.

This textbook presents a detailed introduction to the general concepts of quantum field theory, with special emphasis on principal aspects of functional methods and renormalization in gauge theories, and includes an introduction to semiclassical and perturbative quantum gravity in flat and curved sp...

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Main Author: Buchbinder, I. L.
Other Authors: Shapiro, I. L. (Ilya Lvovitch)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This textbook presents a detailed introduction to the general concepts of quantum field theory, with special emphasis on principal aspects of functional methods and renormalization in gauge theories, and includes an introduction to semiclassical and perturbative quantum gravity in flat and curved spacetimes.
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed Aug. 4, 2021).
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 525 p.) : ill.
ISBN:9780192575319
0192575317
9780191874666
0191874663