The Quantum Theory of Fields 3 Volume Paperback Set

Comprehensive introduction to quantum field theory by Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg, now available in paperback.

Steven Weinberg (Author)

9780521670562, Cambridge University Press

, published 23 May 2005

1600 pages
25.5 x 17.7 x 7.6 cm, 2.825 kg

'Weinberg tries to be as elementary and clear as possible and steers clear of more sophisticated mathematical tools. Together with the previous volumes, this volume will serve as an invaluable reference to researchers and a textbook for graduate students.' G. Roepstorff, Zentralblatt MATH

Available for the first time in paperback, The Quantum Theory of Fields is a self-contained, comprehensive, and up-to-date introduction to quantum field theory from Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg. The first volume introduces the foundations of quantum field theory, the second volume examines modern applications, and finally the third volume presents supersymmetry, an area of theoretical physics likely to be at the centre of progress in the physics of elementary particles and gravitation. The development is fresh and logical throughout, with each step carefully motivated by what has gone before. The presentation of modern mathematical methods is throughout interwoven with accounts of applications in both elementary particle and condensed matter physics. The three volumes contain much original material, and are peppered with examples and insights drawn from the author's experience as a leader of elementary particle research. Exercises are included at the end of each chapter.

Volume I: 1. Historical introduction
2. Relativistic quantum mechanics
3. Scattering theory
4. The cluster decomposition principle
5. Quantum fields and antiparticles
6. The Feynman rules
7. The canonical formalism
8. Massless particles: electrodynamics
9. Path integral methods
10. Nonperturbative methods
11. One-loop radiative corrections in quantum electrodynamics
12. General renormalization theory
13. Infrared effects
14. Bound states in external fields. Volume II: 15. Non-Abelian gauge theories
16. External field methods
17. Renormalization of gauge theories
18. Renormalization group methods
19. Spontaneously broken global symmetries
20. Operator product expansions
21. Spontaneous breaking of gauge symmetries
22. Anomalies
23. Topological complications
Subject index
Author index. Volume III: 24. Historical introduction
25. Supersymmetry algebras
26. Supersymmetric field theories
27. Supersymmetric gauge theories
28. Supersymmetric versions of the standard model
29. Beyond perturbation theory
30. Supergraphs
31. Supergravity
32. Supersymmetry in higher dimensions
Author index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Quantum physics [quantum mechanics & quantum field theory PHQ], Particle & high-energy physics [PHP], Physics [PH]