Quantum Field Theory

Quantum Field Theory
Author: G. B. Folland
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2008-08-26
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821847058

Quantum field theory has been a great success for physics, but it is difficult for mathematicians to learn because it is mathematically incomplete. Folland, who is a mathematician, has spent considerable time digesting the physical theory and sorting out the mathematical issues in it. Fortunately for mathematicians, Folland is a gifted expositor. The purpose of this book is to present the elements of quantum field theory, with the goal of understanding the behavior of elementary particles rather than building formal mathematical structures, in a form that will be comprehensible to mathematicians. Rigorous definitions and arguments are presented as far as they are available, but the text proceeds on a more informal level when necessary, with due care in identifying the difficulties. The book begins with a review of classical physics and quantum mechanics, then proceeds through the construction of free quantum fields to the perturbation-theoretic development of interacting field theory and renormalization theory, with emphasis on quantum electrodynamics. The final two chapters present the functional integral approach and the elements of gauge field theory, including the Salam-Weinberg model of electromagnetic and weak interactions.

An Introduction To Quantum Field Theory

An Introduction To Quantum Field Theory
Author: Michael E. Peskin
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 866
Release: 2018-05-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0429983182

An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory is a textbook intended for the graduate physics course covering relativistic quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics, and Feynman diagrams. The authors make these subjects accessible through carefully worked examples illustrating the technical aspects of the subject, and intuitive explanations of what is going on behind the mathematics. After presenting the basics of quantum electrodynamics, the authors discuss the theory of renormalization and its relation to statistical mechanics, and introduce the renormalization group. This discussion sets the stage for a discussion of the physical principles that underlie the fundamental interactions of elementary particle physics and their description by gauge field theories.

Particles, Fields and Forces

Particles, Fields and Forces
Author: Wouter Schmitz
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2019-04-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030128784

How can fundamental particles exist as waves in the vacuum? How can such waves have particle properties such as inertia? What is behind the notion of “virtual” particles? Why and how do particles exert forces on one another? Not least: What are forces anyway? These are some of the central questions that have intriguing answers in Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model of Particle Physics. Unfortunately, these theories are highly mathematical, so that most people - even many scientists - are not able to fully grasp their meaning. This book unravels these theories in a conceptual manner, using more than 180 figures and extensive explanations and will provide the nonspecialist with great insights that are not to be found in the popular science literature.

Advanced Quantum Mechanics

Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Author: Yuli V. Nazarov
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2013-01-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0521761506

An accessible introduction to advanced quantum theory, this textbook focuses on its practical applications and is ideal for graduate students in physics.

Quantum Ontology

Quantum Ontology
Author: Peter J. Lewis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2016-06-13
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0190618795

Metaphysicians should pay attention to quantum mechanics. Why? Not because it provides definitive answers to many metaphysical questions-the theory itself is remarkably silent on the nature of the physical world, and the various interpretations of the theory on offer present conflicting ontological pictures. Rather, quantum mechanics is essential to the metaphysician because it reshapes standard metaphysical debates and opens up unforeseen new metaphysical possibilities. Even if quantum mechanics provides few clear answers, there are good reasons to think that any adequate understanding of the quantum world will result in a radical reshaping of our classical world-view in some way or other. Whatever the world is like at the atomic scale, it is almost certainly not the swarm of particles pushed around by forces that is often presupposed. This book guides readers through the theory of quantum mechanics and its implications for metaphysics in a clear and accessible way. The theory and its various interpretations are presented with a minimum of technicality. The consequences of these interpretations for metaphysical debates concerning realism, indeterminacy, causation, determinism, holism, and individuality (among other topics) are explored in detail, stressing the novel form that the debates take given the empirical facts in the quantum domain. While quantum mechanics may not deliver unconditional pronouncements on these issues, the range of possibilities consistent with our knowledge of the empirical world is relatively small-and each possibility is metaphysically revisionary in some way. This book will appeal to researchers, students, and anybody else interested in how science informs our world-view.

The Britannica Guide to Relativity and Quantum Mechanics

The Britannica Guide to Relativity and Quantum Mechanics
Author: Erik Gregersen Associate Editor, Astronomy and Space Exploration
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 538
Release: 2011-01-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1615303308

Explores relativity and quantum mechanics as well as the lives of those individuals who helped advance these fundamental areas of physics.

Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics

Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics
Author: Michael Tinkham
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2012-04-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486131661

This graduate-level text develops the aspects of group theory most relevant to physics and chemistry (such as the theory of representations) and illustrates their applications to quantum mechanics. The first five chapters focus chiefly on the introduction of methods, illustrated by physical examples, and the final three chapters offer a systematic treatment of the quantum theory of atoms, molecules, and solids. The formal theory of finite groups and their representation is developed in Chapters 1 through 4 and illustrated by examples from the crystallographic point groups basic to solid-state and molecular theory. Chapter 5 is devoted to the theory of systems with full rotational symmetry, Chapter 6 to the systematic presentation of atomic structure, and Chapter 7 to molecular quantum mechanics. Chapter 8, which deals with solid-state physics, treats electronic energy band theory and magnetic crystal symmetry. A compact and worthwhile compilation of the scattered material on standard methods, this volume presumes a basic understanding of quantum theory.

Quantum Mechanics

Quantum Mechanics
Author: Robert Joseph Scherrer
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2006
Genre: Science
ISBN:

"Quantum Mechanics : An Accessible Introduction brings quantum mechanics to undergraduates in a thorough and uniquely approachable way. Designed from the ground up to address the changing needs of today's students, author Robert Scherrer carefully develops a solid foundation before developing more advanced topics. Introductory chapters explains the historic experimental evidence that motivated the emergence of quantum mechanics, and explain its central role in today's science and technology. Intuitive explanations of a quantum phenomenon provide clear physical motivation for the discussion that follow. Unique Math Interlude chapters ensure that the student has all the mathematical skills required to master quantum mechanics."--Page 4 de la couverture.

Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur

Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur
Author: Tom Lancaster
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2014-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0199699321

Quantum field theory provides the theoretical backbone to most modern physics. This book is designed to bring quantum field theory to a wider audience of physicists. It is packed with worked examples, witty diagrams, and applications intended to introduce a new audience to this revolutionary theory.