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oapen-20.500.12657-592042022-11-16T12:25:04Z Classical Covariant Fields Burgess, Mark Field theory bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics::PHN Nuclear physics This 2002 book discusses the classical foundations of field theory, using the language of variational methods and covariance. It explores the limits of what can be achieved with purely classical notions, and shows how these have a deep and important connection with the second quantized field theory, which follows on from the Schwinger Action Principle. The book takes a pragmatic view of field theory, focusing on issues which are usually omitted from quantum field theory texts and cataloging results which are hard to find in the literature. Care is taken to explain how results arise and how to interpret them physically, for graduate students starting out in the field. An ideal supplementary text for courses on elementary field theory, group theory and dynamical systems, it is also a valuable reference for researchers working in these and related areas. It has been reissued as an Open Access publication. 2022-11-10T16:05:44Z 2022-11-10T16:05:44Z 2002 book ONIX_20221110_9781009289887_3 9781009289887 9781009289900 9781009289863 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59204 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781009289887.pdf Cambridge University Press 10.1017/9781009289887 10.1017/9781009289887 7607a2d0-47af-490f-9d2a-8c9340266f8a c2fbf30c-ef0f-473b-8ee4-03e135ae04d0 9781009289887 9781009289900 9781009289863 SCOAP3 for Books 529 Cambridge [...] SCOAP3 open access
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This 2002 book discusses the classical foundations of field theory, using the language of variational methods and covariance. It explores the limits of what can be achieved with purely classical notions, and shows how these have a deep and important connection with the second quantized field theory, which follows on from the Schwinger Action Principle. The book takes a pragmatic view of field theory, focusing on issues which are usually omitted from quantum field theory texts and cataloging results which are hard to find in the literature. Care is taken to explain how results arise and how to interpret them physically, for graduate students starting out in the field. An ideal supplementary text for courses on elementary field theory, group theory and dynamical systems, it is also a valuable reference for researchers working in these and related areas. It has been reissued as an Open Access publication.
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