Quantum Field Theory: From Operators to Path Integrals, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-3-527-40846-7
Paperback
438 pages
April 2010
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1. Introducing Quantum Fields
2. Scalar Fields
3. Relativistic Fields
4. Canonical Formalism
5. Electromagnetic Field
6. Dirac Equation
7. The Dirac Field
8. Dynamics of Interacting Fields
9. Feynman Graphs
10. Vacuum Correlation Functions
11. Quantum Electrodynamics
12. Processes in Quantum Electrodynamics
13. Perturbative Renormalization
14. Path Integrals
15. Broken Symmetry
16. Renormalization
17. The Gaussian Fixed Point
18. In Two Dimensions
19. Topological Excitations
Appendix A. Background Material
Appendix B. Superfluidity
Appendix C. Polchinski's Renormalization Equation
2. Scalar Fields
3. Relativistic Fields
4. Canonical Formalism
5. Electromagnetic Field
6. Dirac Equation
7. The Dirac Field
8. Dynamics of Interacting Fields
9. Feynman Graphs
10. Vacuum Correlation Functions
11. Quantum Electrodynamics
12. Processes in Quantum Electrodynamics
13. Perturbative Renormalization
14. Path Integrals
15. Broken Symmetry
16. Renormalization
17. The Gaussian Fixed Point
18. In Two Dimensions
19. Topological Excitations
Appendix A. Background Material
Appendix B. Superfluidity
Appendix C. Polchinski's Renormalization Equation