Quantum Field Theory

From Operators to Path Integrals

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

A new, updated and enhanced edition of the classic work, which was welcomed for its general approach and self-sustaining organization of the chapters. 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. It includes applications of condensed matter physics, first developing traditional concepts, including Feynman graphs, before moving on to such key topics as functional integrals, statistical mechanics and Wilson's renormalization group. The author takes care to explain the connection between the latter and conventional perturbative renormalization. Due to the rapid advance and increase in importance of low dimensional systems, this second edition fills a gap in the market with its added discussions of low dimensional systems, including one-dimensional conductors.All the chapters have been revised, while more clarifying explanations and problems have been added. A FREE SOLUTIONS MANUAL is available for lecturers from www.wiley-vch.de/textbooks.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-03-24
Mått:173 x 239 x 23 mm
Vikt:844 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:438
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
ISBN:9783527408467

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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.

Recensioner i media

"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)

Innehållsförteckning

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

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