Diagrammatica - The Path to Feynman Diagrams

Klappentext This book provides an easily accessible introduction to quantum field theory via Feynman rules and calculations in particle physics. the aim is to make clear what the physical foundations of present-day field theory are! to clarify the physical content of Feynman rules! and to outline their domain of applicability. The book begins with a brief review of some aspects of Einstein's theory of relativity that are of particular importance for field theory! before going on to consider the relativistic quantum mechanics of free particles! interacting fields! and particles with spin. Zusammenfassung This book provides an easily accessible introduction to quantum field theory via Feynman rules and calculations in particle physics. Written as a graduate textbook! many diagrams! exercises and examples are included. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Lorentz and Poincaré invariance; 2. Relativistic quantum mechanics of free particles; 3. Interacting fields; 4. Particles with spin; 5. Explorations; 6. Renormalization; 7. Massive and massless vector fields; 8. Unitarity; Appendices.

Product details

• Authors: Martinus Veltman, Martinus (University of Michigan Veltman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.06.1994
• EAN: 9780521456920
• ISBN: 978-0-521-45692-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics; Cambridge Lecture Notes in Phy
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Mechanics, acoustics