Quantum Field Theory II: Quantum Electrodynamics A Bridge between Mathematicians and Physicists /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Zeidler, Eberhard (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; Mathematical analysis.; Analysis (Mathematics).; Functional analysis.; Partial differential equations.; Geometry.; Physics.; Analysis.; Partial Differential Equations.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Functional Analysis.

This is the second volume of a modern introduction to quantum field theory which addresses both mathematicians and physicists ranging from advanced undergraduate students to professional scientists. This book seeks to bridge the existing gap between the different languages used by mathematicians and...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Prologue
• Mathematical Principles of Modern Natural Philosophy
• The Basic Strategy of Extracting Finite Information from Infinities – Ariadne’s Thread in Renormalization Theory
• The Power of Combinatorics
• The Strategy of Equivalence Classes in Mathematics
• Basic Ideas in Classical Mechanics
• Geometrical Optics
• The Principle of Critical Action and the Harmonic Oscillator – Ariadne’s Thread in Classical Mechanics
• Basic Ideas in Quantum Mechanics
• Quantization of the Harmonic Oscillator – Ariadne’s Thread in Quantization
• Quantum Particles on the Real Line – Ariadne’s Thread in Scattering Theory
• A Glance at General Scattering Theory
• Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)
• Creation and Annihilation Operators
• The Basic Equations in Quantum Electrodynamics
• The Free Quantum Field of Electrons, Positrons, and Photons
• The Interacting Quantum Field, and the Magic Dyson Series for the S-Matrix
• The Beauty of Feynman Diagrams in QED
• Applications to Physical Effects
• Renormalization
• The Continuum Limit
• Radiative Corrections of Lowest Order
• A Glance at Renormalization to all Orders of Perturbation Theory
• Perspectives.