Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Introduction

Kaku, Michio

ISBN 10: 0195076524 / ISBN 13: 9780195076523

Published by Oxford University Press, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Introduction
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195076524
• ISBN 13: 9780195076523
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 43 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science - General

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Synopsis

The rise of quantum electrodynamics (QED) made possible a number of excellent textbooks on quantum field theory in the 1960s. However, the rise of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and the Standard Model has made it urgent to have a fully modern textbook for the 1990s and beyond. Building on the foundation of QED, Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Introduction presents a clear and comprehensive discussion of the gauge revolution and the theoretical and experimental evidence which makes the Standard Model the leading theory of subatomic phenomena. The book is divided into three parts: Part I, Fields and Renormalization, lays a solid foundation by presenting canonical quantization, Feynman rules and scattering matrices, and renormalization theory. Part II, Gauge Theory and the Standard Model, focuses on the Standard Model and discusses path integrals, gauge theory, spontaneous symmetry breaking, the renormalization group, and BPHZ quantization. Part III, Non-perturbative Methods and Unification, discusses more advanced methods which now form an essential part of field theory, such as critical phenomena, lattice gauge theory, instantons, supersymmetry, quantum gravity, supergravity, and superstrings.

About the Author

Michio Kaku is at City College of CUNY.