Introduction to gauge theories:

The Feynman path integral -- Towards a field theory -- Equations of motion, symmetries and Ward's identity -- The electromagnetic field -- Fermion fields -- Scattering processes and the Smatrix -- Perturbative Green's functions in 4 -- Smatrix Feynman diagrams in 4 -- Quantum electrodynami...

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Main Authors: Cabibbo, Nicola 1935-2010 (Author), Maiani, Luciano 1941- (Author), Benhar, Omar 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton ; London ; New York CRC Press [2018]
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Online Access:UBM01
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Summary:The Feynman path integral -- Towards a field theory -- Equations of motion, symmetries and Ward's identity -- The electromagnetic field -- Fermion fields -- Scattering processes and the Smatrix -- Perturbative Green's functions in 4 -- Smatrix Feynman diagrams in 4 -- Quantum electrodynamics -- Renormalisation of QED -- Applications of QED -- Renormalisation group of QED -- Quantising a nonabelian theory -- The function in QCD -- Unitarity and ghosts -- Effective constants at high energy and ideas about grand unification -- Limits on the mass of the Higgs boson -- The weak muon anomaly -- Effective potential and naturalness
Item Description:"Written by three of the world's leading experts on particle physics and the standard model, including an award-winning former director general of CERN, this book provides a completely up-to-date account of gauge theories. Starting from Feynman's path integrals, Feynman rules are derived, gauge fixing and Faddeev-Popov ghosts are discussed, and renormalization group equations are derived. Several important applications to quantum electrodynamics and quantum chromodynamics (QCD) are discussed, including the one-loop derivation of asymptotic freedom for QCD"-- Provided by publisher
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9781315352718
9781315369723
DOI:10.1201/9781315369723

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