Philosophical Approach to Quantum Field Theory

Informationen zum Autor Hans Christian Öttinger is Professor of Polymer Physics at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich (ETH Zürich). His research is focused on developing a general framework of nonequilibrium thermodynamics as a tool for describing dissipative classical and quantum systems. Klappentext Based on carefully motivated metaphysical concepts, quantum field theory is explored as a robust and intuitive mathematical image of nature. Zusammenfassung A novel approach to quantum field theory guided by four carefully motivated metaphysical concepts! this text presents an intuitive and robust mathematical image of fundamental particle physics to create a helpful companion for students of physics and offer new perspectives to philosophers interested in quantum field theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Approach to quantum field theory; 2. Scalar field theory; 3. Quantum electrodynamics; 4. Perspectives; Appendix A. An efficient perturbation scheme; Appendix B. Properties of Dirac matrices; Appendix C. Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formulas; References; Author index; Subject index.

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• Authors: Hans Christian Eottinger, Hans Christian Oettinger, Hans Christian Ottinger, Hans Christian (Chairman of the Materials Science Department at the Eth Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)) Ottinger, Hans Christian (Illinois Institute of Te Ottinger, Hans Christian (Illinois Institute of Technology) Ottinger, Hans Christian Öttinger
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781108415118
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41511-8
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; Quantenphysik (Quantenmechanik und Quantenfeldtheorie), Statistische Physik, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, SCIENCE / Waves & Wave Mechanics, Philosophy of Mathematics, Statistical physics