内容简介
AnIntroductiontoQuantumFieldTheoryisatextbookintendedforthegraduatephysicscoursecoveringrelativisticquantummechanics,quantumelectrodynamics,andFeynmandiagrams.Theauthorsmakethesesubjectsaccessiblethroughcarefullyworkedexamplesillustratingthetechnicalaspectsofthesubject,andintuitiveexplanationsofwhatisgoingonbehindthemathematics.Afterpresentingthebasicsofquantumelectrodynamics,theauthorsdiscussthetheoryofrenormalizationanditsrelationtostatisticalmechanics,andintroducetherenormalizationgroup.Thisdiscussionsetsthestageforadiscussionofthephysicalprinciplesthatunderliethefundamentalinteractionsofelementaryparticlephysicsandtheirdescriptionbygaugefieldtheories.
作者简介
MichaelE.PeskinreceivedhisdoctorateinphysicsfromCornellUniversityandhasheldresearchappointmentsintheoreticalphysicsatHarvard,Cornell,andCENSaclay.In1982,hejoinedthestaffoftheStanfordLinearAcceleratorCenter,whereheisnowProfessorofPhysics.DanielV.SchroederreceivedhisdoctorateinphysicsfromStanfordUniversityin1990.HeheldvisitingappointmentsatPomonaCollegebeforejoiningthefacultyofWeberStateUniversity,whereheisnowAssociateProfessorofPhysics.MichaelE.PeskinreceivedhisdoctorateinphysicsfromCornellUniversityandhasheldresearchappointmentsintheoreticalphysicsatHarvard,Cornell,andCENSaclay.In1982,hejoinedthestaffoftheStanfordLinearAcceleratorCenter,whereheisnowProfessorofPhysics.DanielV.SchroederreceivedhisdoctorateinphysicsfromStanfordUniversityin1990.HeheldvisitingappointmentsatPomonaCollegebeforejoiningthefacultyofWeberStateUniversity,whereheisnowAssociateProfessorofPhysics.