{"product_id":"gauge-field-theories-paperback-9780521478168","title":"Gauge Field Theories (Paperback) 9780521478168","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGauge Field Theories\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn expanded and up-dated book examining gauge theories and their symmetries.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStefan Pokorski (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521478168, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 13 March 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e632 pages, 100 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e24.2 x 19.1 x 3.4 cm, 1.08 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrom reviews of the first edition: 'The book is thoughtfully planned and very well written … I know of no better and more complete guide.' L. H. Ryder, The Times Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eQuantum field theory forms the present theoretical framework for our understanding of the fundamental interactions of particle physics. This up-dated and expanded text examines gauge theories and their symmetries with an emphasis on their physical and technical aspects. Beginning with a new chapter giving a systematic introduction to classical field theories and a short discussion of their canonical quantization and the discrete symmetries C, P and T, the book provides a brief exposition of perturbation theory, the renormalization programme, and the use of the renormalization group equation. It then explores topics of current research interest including chiral symmetry and its breaking, anomalies, and low energy effective lagrangians and some basics of supersymmetry. A chapter on basics of the electroweak theory is now included. Professor Pokorski, a distinguished theoretical physicist, has presented here a self-contained text for graduate courses in physics; the only prerequisite is some grounding in quantum field theory.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Classical fields, symmetries and their breaking\u003cbr\u003e 2. Path integral formulation of quantum field theory\u003cbr\u003e 3. Feynman rules for Yang-Mills theories\u003cbr\u003e 4. Introduction to the theory of renormalization\u003cbr\u003e 5. Quantum electrodynamics\u003cbr\u003e 6. Renormalization group\u003cbr\u003e 7. Scale invariance and operator product expansion\u003cbr\u003e 8. Quantum chromodynamics\u003cbr\u003e 9. Chiral symmetry, spontaneous symmetry breaking\u003cbr\u003e 10. Spontaneous and explicit global symmetry breaking\u003cbr\u003e 11. Higgs mechanisms in gauge theories\u003cbr\u003e 12. Standard electroweak theory\u003cbr\u003e 13. Chiral anomalies\u003cbr\u003e 14. Effective lagrangians\u003cbr\u003e 15. Introduction to supersymmetry\u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Quantum physics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Quantum physics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Quantum%20physics%20%5Bquantum%20mechanics%20\u0026amp;%20quantum%20field%20theory%5D%20%5BPHQ%5D%22\"\u003equantum mechanics \u0026amp; quantum field theory PHQ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004724826392,"sku":"9780521478168","price":97.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521478168i_491c9bdc-2016-401b-a7c1-cf6e7bce5dbe.jpg?v=1691382874","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/gauge-field-theories-paperback-9780521478168","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}