Lectures on Classical and Quantum Theory of Fields
This textbook addresses graduate students starting to specialize in theoretical physics. It provides didactic introductions to the main topics in the theory of fields, while taking into account the contemporary view of the subject. The student will find concise explanations of basic notions essentia...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2017.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2017. |
| Series: | Graduate Texts in Physics,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55619-2 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The Euler–Lagrange Equations and Noether’s Theorem
- Scalar Fields
- Vector Fields
- Relativistic Spinor Fields
- The Quantum Theory of Free Fields
- Perturbative Expansion in the φ44 Model
- Renormalization
- The Renormalization Group
- Relativistic Invariance and the Spectral Decomposition of G(2)
- Paths Integrals in QFT
- The Perturbative Expansion for Non-Abelian Gauge Fields
- The Simplest Supersymmetric Models
- Anomalies
- Appendices: Some facts about generalized functions.