A course in field theory. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Pierre van Baal.
• Authors: Baal, P. van (Pierre)
• Contents: Motivation; Quantisation of Fields; Euler–Lagrange Equations; Tree-Level Diagrams; Hamiltonian Perturbation Theory; Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics; Path Integrals in Field Theory; Perturbative Expansion in Field Theory; The Scattering Matrix; Cross Sections; Decay Rates; The Dirac Equation; Plane Wave Solutions of the Dirac Equation; The Dirac Hamiltonian; Path Integrals for Fermions; Feynman Rules for Vector Fields; Quantum Electrodynamics—QED; Non-Abelian Gauge Theories; The Higgs Mechanism; Gauge Fixing and Ghosts; The Standard Model; Loop Corrections and Renormalisation; Problems
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages), (9 illustrations)
• Subjects: 530.143; Quantum field theory
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466594609; 1466594608
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.