Quantum Field Theory

Kerson Huang is Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA, and a leading authority on quantum physics. He is a highly experienced textbook writer and has written (among other books) Statistical Mechanics, also published by Wiley. Professor Huang?s research interests focus on Bose-Einstein condensates and non-renormalizable theories.

"The description of low dimensional systems, e.g. one-dimensional conductors, is added. Moreover, in the appendix C, Polchinski's renormation equation is derived, solved and applied to the asymptotically free scalar field." (Zentralblatt MATH, 2010) "Written by a highly respected textbook writer and researcher, this book has a more general scope and adopts a more practical approach than other books." (ETDE - Energy Database, 2010)

• 1. Introducing Quantum Fields2. Scalar Fields3. Relativistic Fields 4. Canonical Formalism 5. Electromagnetic Field 6. Dirac Equation 7. The Dirac Field 8. Dynamics of Interacting Fields 9. Feynman Graphs10. Vacuum Correlation Functions 11. Quantum Electrodynamics12. Processes in Quantum Electrodynamics 13. Perturbative Renormalization14. Path Integrals15. Broken Symmetry 16. Renormalization 17. The Gaussian Fixed Point 18. In Two Dimensions 19. Topological Excitations Appendix A. Background MaterialAppendix B. SuperfluidityAppendix C. Polchinski's Renormalization Equation