Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Introduction
Author(s): Michio Kaku
Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Introduction is undoubtedly the standard setting textbook in this field; as it is the only up-to-date introductory textbook to cover the 'modern' approach to quantum field theory (QFT). In this textbook, Michio Kaku, goes far beyond existing texts, and presents material vital to the modern approach to QFT. Topics such as critical phenomena, lattice gauge theory, supersymmetry, quantum gravity, supergravity, and superstrings are all included in this textbook and are not included in other textbooks on QFT. There are also over 260 exercises included within the text.
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I. QUANTUM FIELDS AND RENORMALIZATION ; 1. Why quantum field theory? ; 2. Symmetries and group theory ; 3. Spin O and 1/2 fields ; 4. Quantum Electrodynamics ; 5. Feynman rules and LSZ reduction ; 6. Scattering processes and the S-matrix ; 7. Renormalization ; II. GAUGE THEORY AND THE STANDARD MODEL ; 8. Path integrals ; 9. Gauge theory ; 10. The Weinberg-Salam model ; 11. The standard model ; 12. Ward identities, BRST, and anomolies ; 13. Renormalization of gauge theories ; 14. QCD and the renormalization group ; III. NON-PERTURBATIVE METHODS AND UNIFICATION ; 15. Lattice gauge theory ; 16. Solitons, monopoles, and instantons ; 17. Phase transitions and critical phenomena ; 18. Grand unified theories ; 19. Quantum gravity ; 20. Supersymmetry and supergravity ; 21. Superstrings ; Appendix ; Index
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- : Oxford University Press Inc
- : Oxford University Press Inc
- : 1.164
- : 05 October 1994
- : 235mm X 154mm X 37mm
- : United States
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- : Michio Kaku