Tom Banks

Modern Quantum Field Theory

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presenting a variety of topics only briefly touched on in other texts, this book provides a thorough introduction to the techniques of field theory. Ideal for graduates in high energy physics and condensed matter physics, it contains problems to help students practise the key techniques of quantum field theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2008
• Deutsch, Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 208mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 760g
• ISBN-13: 9780521850827
• ISBN-10: 0521850827
• Artikelnr.: 23549739

Autorenporträt

Thomas Banks is Professor of Physics at the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP), University of California, and NHETC, Rutgers University. He is considered one of the leaders in high energy particle theory and string theory, and was co-discoverer of the Matrix Theory approach to non-perturbative string theory.

Inhaltsangabe

From the contents:
1. Introduction; 2. Quantum theory of free scalar fields; 3. Interacting field theory; 4. Particles of spin one, and gauge invariance; 5. Spin 1/2 particles and Fermi statistics; 6. Massive quantum electrodynamics; 7. Symmetries, Ward identities and Nambu Goldstone bosons; 8. Non-abelian gauge theory; 9. Renormalization and effective field theory; 10. Instantons and solitons; 11. Concluding remarks; Appendices; References; Index.

Rezensionen

'... an excellent textbook for a first encounter with quantum field theory and an essential reference for senior physicists. It presents the topic from a modern and streamlined perspective with beautiful and fresh explanations and clarifies many common misconceptions ... Thomas Banks is one of the deepest theoretical physicists and one of the best teachers in the field.' Nathan Seiberg, Princeton University