| 000 | 04881nam a2200649 i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 9780750332316 | ||
| 003 | IOP | ||
| 005 | 20230516170313.0 | ||
| 006 | m eo d | ||
| 007 | cr bn |||m|||a | ||
| 008 | 221205s2022 enka fob 000 0 eng d | ||
| 020 |
_a9780750332316 _qebook |
||
| 020 |
_a9780750332309 _qmobi |
||
| 020 |
_z9780750332293 _qprint |
||
| 020 |
_z9780750332323 _qmyPrint |
||
| 024 | 7 |
_a10.1088/978-0-7503-3231-6 _2doi |
|
| 035 | _a(CaBNVSL)thg00083500 | ||
| 035 | _a(OCoLC)1353822416 | ||
| 040 |
_aCaBNVSL _beng _erda _cCaBNVSL _dCaBNVSL |
||
| 050 | 4 |
_aQC174.45 _b.O456 2022eb vol. 2 |
|
| 072 | 7 |
_aPHP _2bicssc |
|
| 072 | 7 |
_aSCI057000 _2bisacsh |
|
| 082 | 0 | 4 |
_a530.14/3 _223 |
| 100 | 1 |
_aOgilvie, Michael, _d1953- _eauthor. _970846 |
|
| 245 | 1 | 2 |
_aA multidisciplinary approach to quantum field theory. _nVolume 2, _pAdvanced topics / _cMichael Ogilvie. |
| 264 | 1 |
_aBristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : _bIOP Publishing, _c[2022] |
|
| 300 |
_a1 online resource (various pagings) : _billustrations. |
||
| 336 |
_atext _2rdacontent |
||
| 337 |
_aelectronic _2isbdmedia |
||
| 338 |
_aonline resource _2rdacarrier |
||
| 490 | 1 | _a[IOP release $release] | |
| 490 | 1 | _aIOP ebooks. [2022 collection] | |
| 500 | _a"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso. | ||
| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _a1. Gauge theories -- 1.1. Introduction to quantum electrodynamics -- 1.2. Abelian gauge invariance -- 1.3. Perturbative calculations at tree level in QED -- 1.4. Renormalization of QED -- 1.5. Compact Lie groups -- 1.6. Non-Abelian gauge theories -- 1.7. The Faddeev-Popov ansatz and gauge fixing for non-Abelian gauge theories -- 1.8. The geometry of gauge fields -- 1.9. Gauge fields compared to gravity -- 1.10. The Feynman rules for non-Abelian gauge theories -- 1.11. The Higgs mechanism | |
| 505 | 8 | _a2. The renormalization group -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The Ising model -- 2.3. The order parameter and Landau theory -- 2.4. Critical exponents -- 2.5. The real-space renormalization group -- 2.6. Euclidean field theory -- 2.7. Derivation of the renormalization group equations : [phi]4 -- 2.8. The Wilson-Fisher fixed point -- 2.9. The effective action -- 2.10. Background field method for scalar field theories -- 2.11. The background field method for gauge theories -- Appendix. Simulation and the Metropolis algorithm | |
| 505 | 8 | _a3. The 1/N expansion -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Quantum mechanics -- 3.3. Vector models in quantum mechanics -- 3.4. Vector models in quantum field theory -- 3.5. Matrix models in the large-N limit | |
| 505 | 8 | _a4. Solitons and instantons -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The [phi]4 kink in 1 + 1 dimensions -- 4.3. Flux tubes -- 4.4. Magnetic monopoles -- 4.5. Instantons -- 4.6. False vacuum decay | |
| 505 | 8 | _a5. Anomalies -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Path integral treatment of anomalies -- 5.3. Anomaly cancellation in gauge theories -- 5.4. The [eta][prime] problem and the U(1)A anomaly in QCD | |
| 505 | 8 | _a6. Field theory at nonzero temperature -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Partition functions and path integrals -- 6.3. Free fields and Matsubara frequencies -- 6.4. Evaluation of the T [not equal to] 0 scalar field effective potential -- 6.5. Symmetry restoration -- 6.6. Running couplings -- 6.7. Fermions -- 6.8. Equilibration in field theories. | |
| 520 | 3 | _aQuantum field theory is the theory of many-particle quantum systems. Just as quantum mechanics describes a single particle as both a particle and a wave, quantum field theory describes many-particle systems in terms of both particles and fields. | |
| 521 | _aGraduate students studying particle physics, condensed matter. | ||
| 530 | _aAlso available in print. | ||
| 538 | _aMode of access: World Wide Web. | ||
| 538 | _aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader. | ||
| 545 | _aProfessor Michael C. Ogilvie is a member of the physics department at Washington University. Prior to his appointment at the university, he held postdoctoral appointments at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Maryland. He received his PhD from Brown University. His research interests include lattice gauge theory, extreme QCD and the theory of phase transitions. | ||
| 588 | 0 | _aTitle from PDF title page (viewed on December 5, 2022). | |
| 650 | 0 |
_aQuantum field theory. _912636 |
|
| 650 | 7 |
_aParticle & high-energy physics. _2bicssc _970172 |
|
| 650 | 7 |
_aSCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory. _2bisacsh _96921 |
|
| 710 | 2 |
_aInstitute of Physics (Great Britain), _epublisher. _911622 |
|
| 776 | 0 | 8 |
_iPrint version: _z9780750332293 _z9780750332323 |
| 830 | 0 |
_aIOP (Series). _pRelease 22. _970847 |
|
| 830 | 0 |
_aIOP ebooks. _p2022 collection. _970848 |
|
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://iopscience.iop.org/book/mono/978-0-7503-3231-6 |
| 942 | _cEBK | ||
| 999 |
_c82915 _d82915 |
||