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 Call number: 9780849387753:ONLINE Show nearby items on shelf Title: Gauge theories in particle physics [electronic resource] : a practical introduction. Vol. 1, From relativistic quantum mechanics to QED Author(s): Ian Johnston Rhind Aitchison Anthony J.G. Hey Date: 2003 Edition: 3rd ed. Publisher: Bristol : Institute of Physics Pub Size: 1 online resource (406 p.) Note: Previous ed.: 1989 Contents: pt. 1. Introductory survey, electromagnetism as a gauge theory, and relativistic quantum mechanics -- pt. 2. Introduction to quantum field theory -- pt. 3. Tree-level applications in QED -- pt. 4. Loops and renormalization ISBN: 0750308648 Series: CRCnetBASE eBook platform Series: Graduate student series in physics Series: eBooks single Keywords: Gauge fields (Physics) , Particles (Nuclear physics) , Weak interactions (Nuclear physics) , Quantum electrodynamics. , Feynman diagrams. Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Full Text: Click here Location: ONLINE

 Call number: 729240::ONLINE Show nearby items on shelf Title: An Introduction To Quantum Field Theory [electronic resource]. Author(s): Michael E. Peskin Date: 1995 Publisher: New York : Westview Press Size: 1 online resource (864 p.) ISBN: 9780201503975 Series: EBL eBook Series: eBooks Keywords: Physics. , Quantum field theory. , Feynman diagrams. , Renormalization (Physics) , Gauge fields (Physics) Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com More info: Barnes and Noble Full Text: Click here Location: ONLINE

 Call number: SPRINGER-1991-9783642612527:ONLINE Show nearby items on shelf Title: Advanced Quantum Theory and Its Applications Through Feynman Diagrams Author(s): Michael D Scadron Date: 1991 Edition: Second Edition Size: 1 online resource (410 p.) Note: 10.1007/978-3-642-61252-7 Contents: I Transformation Theory -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Transformations in Space -- 3 Transformations in Space—Time -- 4 Boson Wave Equations -- 5 Spin-$$\frac{1}{2}$$ Dirac Equation -- 6 Discrete Symmetries -- II Scattering Theory -- 7 Formal Theory of Scattering -- 8 Simple Scattering Dynamics -- 9 Nonrelativistic Perturbation Theory -- Ill Covariant Feynman Diagrams -- 10 Covariant Feynman Rules -- 11 Lowest-Order Electromagnetic Interactions -- 12 Low-Energy Strong Interactions -- 13 Lowest-Order Weak Interactions -- 14 Lowest-Order Gravitational Interactions -- 15 Higher-Order Covariant Feynman Diagrams -- 16 Quark Model at Low Energies -- Problems -- Appendices -- I Units and Conventions -- 1. Units -- 2. Metric and ?-Matrices -- 3. Normalizations -- 4. Decay Rates and Cross Sections -- 5. Covariant Integrals and Feynman Parametrization -- II Rotation-Group Formulae -- III Elementary-Particle Zoo -- Books -- Research Articles ISBN: 9783642612527 Series: eBooks Series: SpringerLink (Online service) Series: Springer eBooks Keywords: Physics , Quantum physics , Elementary particles (Physics) , Quantum field theory , Quantum computers , Spintronics , Statistical physics , Dynamical systems , Physics , Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory , Quantum Physics , Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity , Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com More info: Barnes and Noble Full Text: Click here Location: ONLINE

 Call number: SPRINGER-1982-9781461335511:ONLINE Show nearby items on shelf Title: Fundamental Interactions Cargèse 1981 Author(s): Date: 1982 Size: 1 online resource (696 p.) Note: 10.1007/978-1-4613-3551-1 Contents: Functional Methods in Quantum Field Theory -- I. Introduction -- II. Path Integrals -- III. Feynman Diagrams -- IV. Fermions -- V. Ghosts -- References -- to Electro-Weak Interactions -- I. Introduction -- II. Gauge Invariance -- III. Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking -- IV. The Standard Model -- V. Anomalies -- VI. Fermi Mass Matrix -- VII. CP -- VIII. Things to look for -- References -- The Weak Interactions in the Confining Phase -- References -- Heavy Quark Systems -- Electron-Positron Interactions at High Energies -- I. Introduction -- II. PETRA and PEP -- III. The structure of Leptons -- IV. Weak Neutral Current Contributions to Lepton Pair Production -- V. Search for new Particles -- VI. Jet Formation in e+e? annihilation -- VII. Quark and Gluon Fragmentation -- References -- e+e? Collisions at CESR -- I. CESR, CLEO and CUSB -- II. Upsilon bound state spectroscopy and tests of QCD -- III. B Meson Decays and Tests of the standard weak interaction -- References -- e+e? Physics at Very Large Energies -- O. Abstract -- I. Introduction -- II. Interference between electromagnetic and neutral weak currents -- III. Z° Decays -- IV. W+W? Production -- V. Higgs Bosons -- VI. Conclusions -- References -- Theoretical Aspects in Perturbative QCD -- I. Introduction -- II. The LLA and beyond -- III. The Photon Structure Functions -- IV. Prescription and Scale dependence for the running coupling -- V. Spacelike and Timelike Structure Functions beyond LLA -- VI. An Asymptotic Formula for Multiplicities -- VII. The Sudakov Form Factor of Partons -- VIII. Examples of Doubly Logarithmic Effects of Physical Interest -- References -- Dynamical Mass Generation For Quarks and Leptons -- I. Introduction -- II. Technicolour and its Extension -- III. ETC Issues, Answers and Problems -- IV. Alternatives to ETC ? -- V. Composite Quarks and Leptons -- References -- Quark Confinement and Lepton Liberation in an Anisotropic Space Time -- I. Introduction -- II. Is Hadron Dynamics 2-dimensional ? -- III. The Anisotropic Space-Time -- IV. The Anisotropic Yang-Mills Interactions -- V. Quantum Fluctuations and the Role of Chirality -- VI. Gauge Invariance Restored -- VII. The Structure of Strong Interactions -- References -- Physics at Collider Energies -- I. Introduction -- II. Hunting the Weak Vector Bosons -- III. The Dominant Hadron Processes -- IV. Jet Phenomena -- V. Conclusion -- References -- Proton Lifetime Experiments -- I. Theoretical Preamble -- II. The Experimental Problem -- III. Status of N Decay Studies -- IV. The Future -- V. Other Possibilities Offered by these Set-Ups -- VI. n — $$\rm \bar{n}$$ Oscillations -- References -- Quantum Field Theory and Cosmology -- I. Introduction -- II. The Hot Big Bang Theory -- III. Entropy Generation -- IV. Quantum Gravity -- References -- The Confinement Phenomenon in Quantum Field Theory -- O. Abstract -- I. Introduction -- II. Scalar Field Theory -- III. Bose Condensation -- IV. Goldstone Particles -- V. Higgs Mechanism -- VI. Vortex Tubes -- VII. Dirac’s Magnetic Monopoles -- VIII. Unitary Gauge -- IX. Phantom Solitons -- X. Non-Abelian Gauge Theory -- XI. Unitary Gauge -- XII. A Topological Object -- XIII. The Macroscopic Variables -- XIV. The Dirac Condition in the EM Charge Spectrum -- XV. Oblique Confinement -- XVI. Fermions out of Bosons and vice-versa -- XVII. Other Condensation Modes -- References -- Developments in Particle Physics -- I. The Fermion Family -- II. On Symmetry Breaking -- III. Neutrinos -- IV, Majorons -- V. Axions -- VI. The Future ISBN: 9781461335511 Series: eBooks Series: SpringerLink (Online service) Series: Springer eBooks Series: NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, Series B: Physics: 85 Keywords: Physics , Physics , Physics, general Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com More info: Barnes and Noble Full Text: Click here Location: ONLINE

 Call number: Q158.5.H64::2005 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Trying to understand the Universe: From the Big-Bang to the brain Author(s): Bruce Hoeneisen (Fermilab) Date: 2005 Contents: Smaller and Smaller, Larger and Larger, Journey to the Past, Journey to the Future, Alice in Quantumland, The Universal Lottery Game, The World of Newton, Gases, Stars, Galaxies, The Ultimate Speed Limit, Curved Space-Time, Blakc Holes, Feynman Diagrams, The Arrow of Time, Symmetries and Asymmetries, Molecules, Life, Why have Sex?, Built to Evolve, Programming the Brain, A Model of Memory, Learning and Recognition, A Toy Model of the Brain, Thoughts on Thoughts, The Take-Off of Human Kind, The Limits of Planet Earth, The Twenty First Century, Farewell, Proposal of a Constitution of Humankind ISBN: 9978443282 Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC794.8.R197 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Scaling and Renormalization groups: Introductory lectures given at the Niels Bohr Institute and NORDITA, Copenhagen, 1975-1976 Author(s): Finn Ravndal Date: 1976 Publisher: Nordisk Institut for Teoretisk Atomfysik: Kobenhavn Size: 284 pgs. Contents: 1. Phase Transitions in Ferromagnets, Critical Exponents and Some Thermodynamic Inequalities, 2. Rudiments of Statistical Mechanics, Weiss Mean Field Theory and the Correlation Function, 3. Homogeneous Functions and Widom Scaling, 4. Kadanoff Block Spins and Derviation of Widom Scaling, 5. Wilson block Spins, The Renormalization Group and Fixed Points, 6. Ising Spins on 2-Dimensional, Triangular Lattice, 7. Landau Mean Field Theory, 8. Continuous Spins on a Lattice and the Gaussian Model, 9. Recursion Relations for the S Model and the xi-Expansion of Critical Exponents, 10. Field Theory Approach to Critical Phenomena, 11. Calculation of Critical Exponents from Feynman Diagrams and Scaling of Verte Functions, 12. 1/n-Expansion and Scale Invariance in the (S2)2 Model, 13. Renormalized Field Theory, 14. Renormalization Group Equations at the Critical Point, Fixed Points and Scale Invariance, 15. The Callan-Symanzik Equation, 16. Systems in External Fields and Generating Functions, 17. The Weinberg Renormalization Group, 18. Magnetized Systems and the Equation of State Keywords: Renormalization group. Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC794.6.F4V45::1994 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Diagrammatica: The Path to Feynman Rules Author(s): Martinus Veltman Date: 1994 Publisher: Cambridge University Press: Cambridge Size: 284 pgs. Contents: 1. Lorentz and Poincare Invariance, 2. Relativistic Quantum Mechanics of Free Particles, 3. Interacting Fields, 4. Particles with Spin, 5. Explorations, 6. Renormalization, 7. Massive and Massless Vector Fields, 8. Unitarity ISBN: 0521456924 Series: Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics: v.4 Keywords: Feynman diagrams. Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC794.6.F4K35::2005 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Drawing theories apart: The dispersion of Feynman diagrams in postwar physics Author(s): David Kaiser Date: 2005 Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press Size: 469 p. Contents: Pedagogy and the institutions of theory -- I: Dispersing the diagrams, 1948-54 -- An introduction in the Poconos -- Freeman Dyson and the postdoc cascade -- International dispersion -- II: Dispersion in form, use, and meaning -- III: Feynman diagrams in and out of field theory, 1955-70 -- Teaching the diagrams in an age of textbooks -- Doodling toward a new theory -- Democratic diagrams in Berkeley and Princeton -- Paper tools and the theorists' way of life ISBN: 0226422666 Keywords: Feynman diagrams. , Physics United States History 20th century. , Physics History 20th century. Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC793.3.F5W77::1986 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Field Theory in particle physics Author(s): B.de. Wit J. Smith Date: 1986 Publisher: North-Holland: Amsterdam Size: 490 pgs. Contents: 1. Classical Field Theory, 2. Feynman Diagrams for Spinless Fields, 3. Cross Sections and Decay Rates, 4. Particles with Spin One, 5. Particles with Spin One-Half, 6. Cross Sections for Processes Involving Fermions, 7. Quantum Corrections, 8. Dimensional Regularization and Radiative Corrections, 9. Asymptotic Behavior Appendices: A. Lorentz-Covariant Notation, B. Conventions, C. Introduction to Group Theory, D. Dilogarithmic Functions and Phase-Space Integrals, E. Gamma Matrices, F. Feynman Integrals in n Dimensions, G. Standard Model of Electroweak and Strong Interactions ISBN: 04448699641 Keywords: Field Theory (Physics) , Field Theory (Physics) , Quantum Field Theory Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC793.3.F5AI91::2003:V1 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Gauge Theories in Particle Physics: A Practical Introduction Volume 1 - From Relativistic Quantum Mechanics to QED Author(s): Ian Johnston Rhind Aitchison 1935- Anthony J. G. Hey Date: 2003 Publisher: IOP: Philadelphia Size: 406 pgs. Contents: Part I: Introductory Survey, Electromagnetism as a Gauge Theory, and Relativistic Quantum Mechanics - 1. Quarks and Leptons, 2. Particle Interactions in the Standard Model, 3. Electromagnetism as a Gauge Theory, Relativistic Quantum Mechanics Part II: Introduciton to Quantum Field Theory - 5. Quantum Field Theory I: The Free Scalar Field, 6. Quantum Field Theory II: Interacting Scalar Fields, 7. Quantum Field Theory III: Complex Scalar Fields, Dirac and Maxwell Fields: Introduction of Electromagnetic Interactions Part III: Tree-Level Applications in QED - 8. Elementary Processes in Scalar and Spinor Electrodynamics, 9. Deep Inelastic-Nucleon Scattering and the Quark Parton Model Part IV: Loops and Renormalization - 10. Loops and Renormalization I: The ABC Theory, 11. Loops and Renormalization II: QED Appendices: A. Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, B. Natural Units, C. Maxwell's Equations: Choice of Units, D. Special Relativity: Invariance and Covariance, E. Dirac Delta-Function, F. Contour Integration, G. Green Functions, H. Elements of Non-Relativistic Scattering Theory, I. The Schrodinger and Heisenberg Pictures, J. Dirac Algebra and Trace Identities, K. Example of a Cross Section Calculation, L. feynman Rules for Tree Graphs in QED ISBN: 0750308648 Series: Graduate Student Series in Physics Keywords: Gauge Fields (Physics) , Particles (Nuclear Physics) , Weak Interactions (Nuclear Physics) , Quantum Electrodynamics , Feynman Diagrams Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC793.3.F5AI91::1989 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Gauge Theories in Particle Physics: A Practical Introduction Author(s): Ian Johnston Rhind Aitchison 1936- Anthony J.G. Hey Date: 1989 Edition: 2nd ed. Publisher: Adam Hilger: Boston Size: 571 pgs. Note: 2nd ed. ISBN: 0852743297 Series: Graduate Student Series in Physics Keywords: Gauge Fields (Physics) , Particles (Nuclear Physics) , Weak Interactions (Nuclear Physics) , Quantum Electrodynamics , Feynman Diagrams Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC793.2.L515::1981 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Particle physics and introduction to field theory Author(s): T.D. Lee 1926- Date: 1981 Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers: New York Size: 865 pgs. Contents: Part I: Introduciton to Field Theory - 1. Mechanics of a Finite System (Review), 2. The Spin-0 Field, 3. the Spin -1/2 Field, 4. the Spin - 1 Field, 5. Feynman Diagrams, 6. Quantum Electrodyanmcis, 7.Solitons Part II: Particle Physics - 8. Ordr-of-Magnitude Estimations Part IIA: Particel Physics: Symmetry - 9. General Discussion, 10. U1 Symmetry and P, C Invariance, 11. Isotopic Spin and G Parity, 12. SU3 Symmetry, 13. Time Reversal, 14. CPT Invariance, 15. K - Anti K System, 16. Vacuum As The Source of Asymmetry Part IIB: Particle Physics Interactions - 18. Quantum Chromodynamics and Gauge Theories, 19. Path Integration, 20 Quark Model of Hadrons, 21. Weak Interactions, 22. Weak and Electromagnetic Gauge Theory, 23. Quark-Parton Model and High-Energy Processes, 24. Chiral Symmetry, 25. Outlook, Appendix: Table of Particle Properties, Plots of Cross Sections and Structure Functions ISBN: 3718600323 Series: Contemporary concepts in physics: v.1 Keywords: Particles (Nuclear physics) Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC175.4.K53::1989 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Gauge fields in Condensed Matter Vol. I : Superflow and Vortex Lines Author(s): Hagen Kleinert Date: 1989 Publisher: World Scientific, Singapore Size: 2 volume set Note: 'Disorder Fields, Phase Transitions' Contents: Part I : Fluctuating Fields and Random Chains - 1. Statistical Physics, 2. Perturbation Theory, 3. Gauge Invariant Field Theories, 4. Low Temperature Expansion Around Extrema, 5.Effective Energy, 6. Feynman Diagrams and Random Walks PART II : Gauge Fields in superfluid Helium - 1. Superfluidity, 2. Grand Canonical Ensembles of Interacting Vortex Lines, 3. Ginzburg-Landau Theory of Superconductivity, 4. Lattice Model of the Superfluid Phase Transition, 5. Mean Field Methods for Lattice Models, 6. Vortex Lines in the XY Model, 7. The Villain Approximation and the Villain Model, 8. Gauge Fields of Vortex Lines, 9. Correlation Functions, 10. Gas of Monopoles, 11. Two-Dimensional considerations, 12. Lattice Derivation of Disorder Field Theory, 13. Vortes Lines in the Ginzburg-Landau Theory and Their Disorder Field Theory ISBN: 9971502100 Keywords: Superfluidity. , Phase Transormations (Statistical Physics) , Gauge Fields (Physics) , Crystals - Defects Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC174.52.K56K74::2000 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Knots and Feynman diagrams Author(s): Dirk Kreimer 1960- Date: 2000 Publisher: Cambridge University Press, New York Size: 259 pgs. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Perturbative quantum field theory 3. The Hopf algebra structure of renormalization 4. Rationality: no knots, no transcendentals 5. The simplest link diagrams 6. Necessary topics from knot theory 7. Knots to numbers 8. One-loop words 9. Euler-Zagier sums 10. Knots and transcendentals 11. The 4-term relation 12. Hopf algebras, non-commutative geometry, and what else? ISBN: 0521587611 Series: Cambridge lecture notes in physics : 13 Keywords: Quantum Field Theory. , Knot Theory , Feynman Diagrams Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC174.45::2005 Show nearby items on shelf Title: A first book of quantum field theory Author(s): Amitabha Lahiri Date: 2005 Edition: 2nd ed. Publisher: Harrow : Alpha Science International Size: 380 p Contents: 1. Preliminaries -- 2. Classical field theory -- 3. Quantization of scalar fields -- 4. Quantization of Dirac fields -- 5. The S-matrix expansion -- 6. From Wick expansion to Feynman diagrams -- 7. Cross sections and decay rates -- 8. Quantization o f the electromagnetic field -- 9. Quantum electrodynamics -- 10. P, T, C and their combinations -- 11. Electromagnetic form factors -- 12. Renormalization -- 13. Symmetries and symmetry breaking -- 14. Yang-Mills theory of non-Abelian gauge fields -- 15. Standard electroweak theory -- A. Useful formulas -- B. Answers to selected exercises. ISBN: 9781842652497 Keywords: Quantum field theory. Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com More info: Barnes and Noble Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC174.45.Z44::2010 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Quantum field theory in a nutshell Author(s): A. Zee Date: 2010 Edition: 2nd ed. Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press Size: 576 p. Contents: Convention, notation, and units -- Motivation and foundation. Who needs it? -- Path integral formulation of quantum physics -- From mattress to field -- From field to particle to force -- Coulomb and Newton, repulsion and attraction -- Inverse square law and the floating 3-brane -- Feynman diagrams -- Quantizing canonically and disturbing the vacuum -- Symmetry -- Field theory in curved spacetime -- Field theory redux -- Dirac and the spinor. The Dirac equation -- Quantizing the Dirac field -- Lorentz group and Weyl spinors -- Spin-statistics connection -- Vacuum energy, Grassmann integrals, and Feynman diagrams for fermions -- Electron scattering and gauge invariance -- Diagrammatic proof of gauge invariance -- Renormalization and gauge invariance. Cutting off our ignorance -- Renormalizable versus nonrenormalizable -- Counterterms and physical perturbation theory Gauge invariance, a photon can find no rest -- Field theory without relativity -- The magnetic moment of the electron -- Polarizing the vacuum and renormalizing the charge -- Symmetry and symmetry breaking. Symmetry breaking -- The pion as a Nambu-Goldstone boson -- Effective potential -- Magnetic monopole -- Nonabelian gauge theory -- The Anderson-Higgs mechanism -- Chiral anomaly -- Field theory and collective phenomena. Superfluids -- Euclid, Boltzmann, Hawking, and field theory at finite temperature -- Landau-Ginzburg theory of critical phenomena -- Superconductivity -- Peierls instability -- Solitons -- Vortices, monopoles, and instantons -- Field theory and condensed matter. Fractional statistics, Chern-Simons term, and topological field theory Quantum hall fluids -- Duality -- The [Sigma] models as effective field theories -- Ferromagnets and antiferromagnets -- Surface growth and field theory -- Disorder, replicas and Grassmannian symmetry -- Renormalization group flow as a natural concept in high energy and condensed matter physics -- Grand unification. Quantizing Yang-Mills theory and lattice gauge theory -- Electroweak unification -- Quantum chromodynamics -- Large N expansion -- Grand unification -- Protons are not forever -- SO (10) unification -- Gravity and beyond. Gravity as a field theory and the Kaluza-Klein picture -- The cosmological constant problem and the cosmic coincidence problem -- Effective field theory approach to understanding nature -- Supersymmetry : a very brief introduction -- A glimpse of string theory as a 2-dimensional field theory -- Closing words -- Gravitational Waves and Effective Field Theory -- Gluon Scattering in Pure Yang-Mills Theory -- Subterranean Connections in Guage Theories -- Is Einstein Gravity Secretely the Square of Yang-Mills Theory? -- More Closing words ISBN: 9780691140346 Series: In a nutshell Keywords: Quantum field theory Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com More info: Barnes and Noble Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC174.45.SCH97 Show nearby items on shelf Title: An introduction to relativistic quantum field theory Foreword by Hans A. Bethe. Author(s): Silvan S. Schweber Date: 1961 Publisher: Row, Peterson, Evanston, Ill Size: 905 pgs. Contents: PART I: The One-Particle Equations - 1. Quantum Mechanics and Symmetry Principles, 2. The Lorentz Group, 3. The Klein-Gordon Equation, 4. The Dirac Equation, 5. The Zero Mass Equations PART II: Second Quantization - 6. Second Quantization: Nonrelativistic Theory, 7. Relativistic Fock Space Methods, 8. Quantization of the Dirac Field, 9. Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field PART III: The Theory of Interacting Fields - 10. Interaction Between Fields, 11. The Formal Theory of Scattering, 12. Simple Field Theoretic Models, 13. Reduciton of S Matrix, 14. Feynman Diagrams, 15. Quantum Electrodynamcis, 16. Quantitative Renormalization Theory PART IV: Formal Developments - The Heisenberg Picture, 18. The Axiomatic Formualtion Keywords: Quantum field theory. Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC174.45.M32::1993 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Quantum field theory Author(s): Franz Mandl 1923- G.(Graham) KEYWORD = Quantum field theory. Shaw Date: 1993 Edition: Rev. ed. Publisher: J. Wiley, Chichester Size: 358 pgs. Contents: 1. Photons and the Electromagnetic Field -- 2. Lagrangian Field Theory -- 3. The Klein-Gordon Field -- 4. The Dirac Field -- 5. Photons: Covariant Theory -- 6. The S-Matrix Expansion -- 7. Feynman Diagrams and Rules in QED -- 8. QED Processes in Lowest Order -- 9. Radiative Corrections -- 10. Regularization -- 11. Weak Interactions -- 12. A Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions -- 13. Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking -- 14. The Standard Electro-Weak Theory -- Appendix A The Dirac Equation -- Appendix B Feynman Rules and Formulae for Perturbation Theory ISBN: 0471941867 Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC174.45.M3::2005 Show nearby items on shelf Title: A modern introduction to quantum field theory Author(s): Michele Maggiore Date: 2005 Publisher: Oxford University Press Size: 291 pgs. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Lorentz and Poincare symmetries in quantum field theory 3. Classical field theory 4. Quantization of free fields 5. Perturbation theory and Feynman diagrams 6. Cross sections and decay rates 7. Quantum electrodynamics 8. The low-energy limit of the electroweak theory 9. Path integral quantization 10. Non-Abelian gauge theories 11. Spontaneous symmetry breaking ISBN: 0198520743 Series: Oxford master series in physics v 12 Keywords: Quantum field theory Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC174.45.L36::2014 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Quantum field theory for the gifted amateur Author(s): Tom Lancaster Stephen Blundell Date: 2014 Publisher: Oxford: Oxford University Press Size: 485 p. Contents: Lagrangians -- Simple harmonic oscillators -- Occupation number representation -- Making second quantization work -- Continuous systems -- A first stab at relativistic quantum mechanics -- Examples of Lagrangians, or how to write down a theory -- The passage of time -- Quantum mechanical transformations -- Symmetry -- Canonical quantization of fields -- Examples of canonical quantization -- Fields with many components and massive electromagnetism -- Gauge fields and gauge theory -- Discrete transform ations -- Propagators and Green's functions -- Propagators and fields -- The S-matrix -- Expanding the S-matrix-Feynman diagrams -- Scattering theory -- Statistical physics-a crash course -- The generating functional for fields -- Path integrals : I said to him, You're crazy -- Field integrals -- Statistical field theory -- Broken symmetry -- Coherent states -- Grassmann numbers-coherent states and the path integral for fermions -- Topological objects -- Topological field theory -- Renormalization, quasip articles and the Fermi surface -- Renormalization : the problem and its solution -- Renormalization in actioN- propagators and Feynman diagrams -- The renormalization group -- Ferromagnetism- a renormalization group tutorial -- The Dirac equation -- How t o transform a spinor -- The quantum Dirac field -- A rough guide to quantum electrodynamics -- QED scattering-three famous cross-sections -- The renormalization of QED and two great results -- Superfluids -- The many-body problem and the metal -- Supercon ductors -- The fractional quantum Hall fluid -- Non-abelian gauge theory -- The Weinberg-Salam model -- Majorana fermions -- Magnetic monopoles -- Instantons, tunnelling and the end of the world. ISBN: 9780199699339 Keywords: Quantum field theory Amateurs' manuals. , Quantum field theory Problems, exercises, etc. Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com More info: Barnes and Noble Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC174.45.L34::2001 Show nearby items on shelf Title: A first book of quantum field theory Author(s): Amitabha Lahiri P.B.(Palash B.) Pal Date: 2001 Publisher: CRC Press, Boca Raton Size: 371 pgs. Contents: Preliminaries -- Classical field theory -- Quantization of scalar fields -- Quantization of Dirac fields -- The S-matrix expansion -- From Wick expansion to Feynman diagrams -- Cross sections and decay rates -- Quantization of the electromagnetic field -- Quantum electrodynamics -- P, T, C and their combinations -- Electromagnetic form factors -- Renormalization -- Symmetries and symmetry breaking -- Yang-Mills theory of non-Abelian gauge fields -- Standard electroweak theory -- Useful formulas ISBN: 0849309778 Keywords: Quantum field theory. Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC174.45.B635::1982 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Quantum fields Author(s): Nikolai Nikolaevich Bogoliubov 1909- D.V.(Dmitrii Vasil'evich) Shirkov Date: 1983 Publisher: Benjamin/Cummings, Reading, Mass Size: 388 pgs. Note: Translated by D. B. Pontecorvo Contents: Some Basic Concepts and Notation, 1. Free Classical Fields, 2. Quantizatyion of Free Fields, 3. Interacting Fields, 4. The Scattering Matrix, 5. The Feynman Rules and Diagrams, 6. Evaluation of Integrals and Divergences, 7. Removal of Divergences, 8. Descriptionof Real Interactions Appendixes: I. Isotopic Spin Formalism, II. Dirac Matrices and the Dirac Equation, III. Continuous Groups, IV. Transformations of Operators, V. List of Singular Functions, VI. Formulae for Integration Over Momentum space, VII. Kinematic Relations for the Vertices, VIII. Feynman Rules for Yang-Mills Fields, IX. The Renormalization Group ISBN: 0805309837 Keywords: Quantum field theory. Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC174.24.R4G76::1999 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory Author(s): Franz Gross Date: 1999 Publisher: Wiley Size: 629 pgs. Contents: Part I: Quantum Theory of Radiation, 1. Quantization of the Nonrelativistic String, 2. Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field, 3. Interaction of Radiation with Matter Part II: Relativistic Equations, 4. The Klein-Gordon Equation, 5. The Dirac Equation, 6. Application of the Dirac Equation Part III: Elements of Quantum Field Theory, 7. Second Quantization, 8. Symmetries I, 9. Interacting Field Theories, 10. Quantum Electrodynamics, 11. Loops and Introduction to Renormalization, 12. Bound States and Unitarity Part IV: Symmetries and Gauge Theories, 13. Symmetries II, 14. Path Integrals, 15. Quantum CFhromodynamics and the Standard Model, 16. Renormalization, 17. The Renormalization Group and Asymptotic Freedom Appendices: A. Relativistic Notation, B. Feynman Rules, C. Evaluation of Loop Diagrams, D.Quarks, Leptons, and All That ISBN: 0471353868 Series: Wiley Science Paperback Series Keywords: Relativistic quantum theory , Quantum field theory , Symmetry (Physics) , Gauge fields (Physics) Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC174.17.S9I25::1995 Show nearby items on shelf Title: The force of symmetry Author(s): Vincent Icke Date: 1995 Publisher: New York : Cambridge University Press Size: 338 p Contents: A matter of force -- The law of inertia -- The speed of light -- Relativity and fields -- Feynman diagrams -- Matter and force -- Stalking the wild rainbow -- Colours and spectra -- Spectral lines -- Classical physics stumped -- Light -- Waves of light -- Huygens's principle -- Interference -- Standing waves -- Particles of light -- The equation of motion -- Momentum and energy -- Maybe I'm Heisenberg -- Neither particle nor wave -- Absolute size -- Through a glass, partly -- Waves and uncertainty -- The uncertainty relations -- De Broglie rules the waves -- Quanta -- Where is a quantum when? -- Catch a falling quantum -- An experiment with electrons -- Indeterminacy -- Interference -- Where does the electron go? -- Quantum b eanbags -- A muddy wheel -- The importance of having phase -- Feynman paths -- Superposition and quantum sorcery -- The embezzlement model Symmetries -- A forbidding prospect -- Groups and rotations -- Invariants and angular momentum -- Angular momentum and uncertainty -- Three-dimensional rotations -- Quantum relativity: nothing is relative -- Rotations in space-time -- The ligh t cone, our compass in space-time -- The Lorentz transformation -- Antimatter -- Taking the large view -- The dizzy world of spin -- Spin and relativity -- The quantum of spin -- Indistinguishable processes -- Polarization -- No mass, but as fast as they get -- Life, the Universe and everything -- Anatomy of an atom -- Collapse prevention -- Atomic symmetry -- Quantization produces chemistry ISBN: 0521404959 Keywords: Symmetry (Physics) Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC174.17.P7G7613::1991 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Many-particle theory Author(s): Eberhard K.U. Gross 1953-,(ed,) E. Runge (ed.) O. Heinonen (ed.) Date: 1991 Publisher: A. Hilger, Bristol Size: 433 pgs. Contents: Systems of identical particles -- Second quantization for fermions -- Second quantization for bosons -- Unitary transformations and field operators -- Example: the Hamiltonian of translationally invariant systems in second quantization -- Density operators -- The Hartree-Fock approximation and the symmetry dilemma -- Hartree-Fock for translationally invariant systems -- The homogeneous electron gas in the Hartree-Fock approximation -- Long-range correlations in the electron-gas: plasmons -- Phonons -- Superconductivity -- Pictures -- The single-particle Green's function -- The polarization propagator, the two particle Green's function and the hierarchy of equations of motion -- Time-independent perturbation theory -- Time-dependent pertutrbation theory with adiabatic turning-on of the interaction -- Particle and hole operators and Wick's theorem -- Feynman diagrams -- Diagrammatic calculation of the vacuum amplitude -- An example: the Gell-Mann-Brueckner correlation energy of a dense electron gas -- Diagrammatic analysis of the Green's function -- Self-consistent pertubation theory, an advanced perspective on Hartree-Fock theory -- The quasi-particle concept -- Diagrammatic calculation of the two-particle Green's function and the polarization propagator -- Effective interaction and the dressed vertices, an advance perspective on plasmons ISBN: 0750300728 Keywords: Many-body problem. Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC174.12.S3::1991 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Advanced quantum theory and its applications through Feynman diagrams Author(s): Michael D. Scadron Date: 1991 Edition: 2nd ed. Publisher: Springer-Verlag, Berlin Size: 410 pgs. Contents: 1. Introduction, 2. Tranformations in space, 3. Transformations in Space-Time, 4. Boson Wave Equations, 5. Spin - 1/2 Dirac Equation, 6. Discrete Symmetries Part II : Scattering Theory, 7. Formal Theory of Scatterring, 8. Simple scattering Dynamics, 9. Nonrelativisitic Perturbation Theory Part III: Covariant Feynman Diagrams, 10. covariant Feynman Rules, 11. Lowest-Orderr Electromagnetic Interactions, 12. Low-Energy Strong Interactions, 13. Lowest-Order Weak Interactions, 14.Lowest-Order Gravitational Interactions, 15. Higher-Order Covariant Feynman Diagrams, 16. Quark Model at Low Energies, Appendix I: Units and Conventions, Appendix II: Rotation-Group Formulae, Appendix III: Elementary-Particle Zoo ISBN: 3540536817 Series: Texts and monographs in physics v. 41 Keywords: Quantum theory. Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN

 Call number: QC174.12.L664::1973 Show nearby items on shelf Title: Quantum Mechanics: New Approaches to Selected Topics Author(s): Harry J. Lipkin Date: 1973 Publisher: North-Holland Pub. Co, Amsterdam Size: 465 pgs. Contents: 1. Polarized Photons for Pedestrians, 2.Momentum Transfer to Bound Systems and the Mossbauer Effect, 3. Man-Particle Quantum Mechanics for Pedestrians, 4. Kaon Decay for Pedestrians, 5. Scattering Theory for Pedestrians, 6. The Many-Body Problem for Pedestrians, 7. Feynman Diagrams for Pedestrians, 8. Symmetries, Invariance and Relativistic Quantum Mechanics for Pedestrians ISBN: 044410450X Keywords: Quantum theory. Availability: Click here to see Library holdings or inquire at Circ Desk (x3401) Click to reserve this book Be sure to include your ID please. More info: Amazon.com Location: MAIN