Gauge Theories of Weak Interactions

This 1979 book examines gauge theories, which were first proposed in the context of weak interactions in 1976.

List of contents

Foreword; Preface; Notation and conventions; 1. Introduction; 2. Weak interactions and vector mesons; 3. Photons; 4. The Yang-Mills field; 5. Spontaneous breaking of symmetries; 6, Spontaneous breaking of local gauge symmetries; 7. Topology and symmetry-breaking; 8. Theory of leptons; 9. A provisional model of hadron weak interactions; 10. Feynman's path-integral formulation of quantum mechanics; 11. Quantization of gauge fields; 12. Ward-Takahashi identities; 13. Regularization and anomalies; 14. Renormalization of gauge theories; 15. Symmetry-breaking and mass-differences; 16. Higher-order corrections; 17. CP and T violation; 18. Gauge theories and strong interactions; Index.

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Summary

The development of gauge theories has provided the basis for a complete and consistent account of weak interactions - for example between neutrinos and matter - whilst displaying their unity with electromagnetism. This 1979 book examines gauge theories, which were first proposed in this context in 1976.

Product details

• Authors: Taylor, J. C. Taylor, John C. Taylor, Taylor J. C.
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.02.1979
• EAN: 9780521295185
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29518-5
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 280 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathem; Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Astronomy: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Physics / General, Physics