Ian J R Aitchison, Anthony J. G. Hey

Gauge Theories in Particle Physics: A Practical Introduction, Volume 1 (eBook, PDF)

From Relativistic Quantum Mechanics to QED, Fourth Edition

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Revised and updated, the first volume of this bestselling set provides an accessible and practical introduction to the first gauge theory included in the Standard Model of particle physics: quantum electrodynamics (QED). It includes a new chapter on Lorentz transformations and discrete symmetries in relativistic quantum mechanics. The authors also introduce Majorana fermions at an early stage, cover discrete symmetries in quantum field theory, and provide updates on nucleon structure functions and the status of QED.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 438
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466513020
• Artikelnr.: 57102120

Autorenporträt

Ian J.R. Aitchison is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford and a visiting scientist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. He has previously held research positions at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Saclay, and the University of Cambridge. He was a visiting professor at the University of Rochester and the University of Washington, and a scientific associate at CERN. Dr. Aitchison has published over 90 scientific papers mainly on hadronic physics and quantum field theory. He is the author of Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, An Informal Introduction to Gauge Field Theories, and Supersymmetry in Particle Physics and joint editor of two other books. Anthony J.G. Hey is Vice President of Microsoft Research Connections, where he is responsible for the worldwide external research and technical computing strategy across Microsoft Corporation. A fellow of the U.K. Royal Academy of Engineering, Dr. Hey was previously the director of the U.K. e-Science Initiative and the head of the School of Electronics and Computer Science and dean of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Southampton. His research interests encompass parallel programming for parallel systems built from mainstream commodity components. With Jack Dongarra, Rolf Hempel, and David Walker, he wrote the first draft of a specification for a new message-passing standard called MPI. This initiated the process that led to the successful MPI standard of today.

Inhaltsangabe

Introductory Survey, Electromagnetism as a Gauge Theory, and Relativistic
Quantum Mechanics. Introduction to Quantum Field Theory. Tree-Level
Applications in QED. Loops and Renormalization. Appendices. References.
Index.