An Invitation to Quantum Field Theory

• Main Authors: Alvarez-Gaumé, Luis (Author), Vázquez-Mozo, Miguel A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 839
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Quantum physics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.; Quantum Physics.

This book provides an introduction to Quantum Field Theory (QFT) at an elementary level—with only special relativity, electromagnetism and quantum mechanics as prerequisites. For this fresh approach to teaching QFT, based on numerous lectures and courses given by the authors, a representative sample...

Table of Contents:

• Why Do We Need Quantum Field Theory After All?
• From Classical to Quantum Fields
• Theories and Lagrangian I: Matter Fields
• Theories and Lagrangian II: Introducing Gauge Fields
• Theories and Lagrangian II: The Standard Model
• Towards Computational Rules: Feynman Diagrams
• Symmetries I: Continuous Symmetries
• Renormalization
• Anomalies
• The Origin of Mass
• Symmetries II: Discrete Symmetries
• Effective Field Theories and Naturalness
• Special Topics
• Notation, Conventions and Units
• A Crash Course in Group Theory
• Index.