An introduction to gauge theories /
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Group Author: | ; |
Published: |
CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,
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Publisher Address: | Boca Raton, FL : |
Publication Dates: |
2016. ©2018 |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: |
English Italian |
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Item Description: |
"This book was first published in Italian in 2016, by Editori Riuniti University Press, under the original title: Introduzione alle teorie di gauge"--Title page verso. "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. |
Carrier Form: | xvi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-298) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781498734516 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 1498734510 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
Index Number: | QC793 |
CLC: |
O412.3 O413.4 |
Call Number: | O413.4/C115 |
Contents: | 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. |