Screen LibraryField theory : a path integral approach /
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World Scientific,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : |
| Publication Dates: | 2006. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: |
World Scientific lecture notes in physics ;
v. 75 |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/6145#t=toc |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiv,361pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9812773266 (electronic bk.) 9789812773265 (electronic bk.) |
| CLC: | O413.3 |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction. 1.1. Particles and fields. 1.2. Metric and other notations. 1.3. Functionals. 1.4. Review of quantum mechanics. 1.5. References -- 2. Path integrals and quantum mechanics. 2.1. Basis states. 2.2. Operator ordering. 2.3. The classical limit. 2.4. Equivalence with the Schr odinger equation. 2.5. Free particle. 2.6. References -- 3. Harmonic oscillator. 3.1. Path integral for the Harmonic oscillator. 3.2. Method of Fourier transform. 3.3. Matrix method. 3.4. The classical action. 3.5. References -- 4. Generating functional. 4.1. Euclidean rotation. 4.2. Time ordered correlation |