An Introduction To Quantum Field Theory / Edition 1

ISBN-13:	9780367320560
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/11/2019
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	868
Sales rank:	123,842
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory is a textbook intended for the graduate physics course covering relativistic quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics, and Feynman diagrams. The authors make these subjects accessible through carefully worked examples illustrating the technical aspects of the subject, and intuitive explanations of what is going on behind the mathematics. After presenting the basics of quantum electrodynamics, the authors discuss the theory of renormalization and its relation to statistical mechanics, and introduce the renormalization group. This discussion sets the stage for a discussion of the physical principles that underlie the fundamental interactions of elementary particle physics and their description by gauge field theories.