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This two-volume set provides an accessible, practical, and comprehensive introduction to the three gauge theories of the standard model of particle physics: quantum electrodynamics (QED), quantum chromodynamics (QCD), and the electroweak theory. For each of them, the authors provide a thorough discussion of the main conceptual points, a detailed exposition of many practical calculations of physical quantities, and a comparison of these quantitative predictions with experimental results. For this third edition, much has been rewritten to reflect developments over the last decade, both in the curricula of university courses and in particle physics research. On the one hand, substantial new material has been introduced that is intended for use in undergraduate physics courses. New introductory chapters provide a precise historical account of the properties of quarks and leptons and a qualitative overview of the quantum field description of their interactions, at a level appropriate to third year courses. The chapter on relativistic quantum mechanics has been enlarged and is supplemented by additional sections on scattering theory and Green functions, in a form appropriate to fourth-year courses. On the other hand, since precision experiments now test the theories beyond lowest order in perturbation theory, an understanding of the data requires a more sophisticated knowledge of quantum field theory, including ideas of renormalization. The treatment of quantum field theory has therefore been considerably extended to provide a uniquely accessible and self-contained introduction to quantum field dynamics as described by Feynman graphs. The level is suitable for advanced fourth-year undergraduates and first-year graduates. These developments are all contained in the first volume, which ends with a discussion of higher order corrections in QED. The second volume is devoted to the non-Abelian gauge theories of QCD and the electroweak theory. As in the first two editions, emphasis is placed throughout on developing realistic calculations from a secure physical and conceptual basis.

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Author:   Ian J.R. Aitchison (Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford, UK, and Visiting Scientist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, California, USA) ,  I.J.R. Aitchison (Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford, UK, and Visiting Scientist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, California, USA) ,  A.J.G. Hey (Southampton University, UK) ,  Anthony J.G. Hey (Microsoft Research Connections, Redmond, Washington, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Institute of Physics Publishing
Edition:   3rd New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.270kg
ISBN:  

9780750309820

ISBN 10:   0750309822
Pages:   639
Publication Date:   01 January 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781466513174
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

VOLUME I INTRODUCTORY SURVEY, ELECTROMAGNETISM AS A GAUGE THEORY, AND RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM MECHANICS Quarks and Leptons Particle Interactions in the Standard Mode Electromagnetism as a Gauge Theory Relativistic Quantum Mechanics INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM FIELD THEORY Quantum Field Theory I Quantum Field Theory II: Interacting Scalar Fields Quantum Field Theory III: Complex Scalar Fields, Dirac and Maxwell Fields; Introduction of Electromagnetism TREE-LEVEL APPLICATIONS IN QED Elementary Processes in Scalara and Spinor Electrodynamics Deep Inelastic Electron-Nucleon Scattering and the Quark Parton Model LOOPS AND RENORMALIZATION Higher Order Processes and Renormalisation I: The ABC Theory Loops and Renormalization II: QED APPENDIX A: Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics APPENDIX B: Natural Units APPENDIX C: Maxwell's Equations: Choice of Units APPENDIX D: Special Relativity: Invariance and Covariance APPENDIX E: Dirac Delta-Function APPENDIX F: Contour Integration APPENDIX G: Green Functions APPENDIX H: Elements of Non-Relativistic Scattering Theory APPENDIX I: The Schroedinger and Heisenberg Pictures APPENDIX J: Dirac Algebra and Trace Identities APPENDIX K: Example of a Cross Section Calculation APPENDIX L: Feynman Rules for Tree Graphs in QED REFERENCES INDEX VOLUME II NON-ABELIAN SYMMETRIES Global Non-Abelian Symmetries Local Non-Abelian (Gauge) Symmetries QCD AND THE RENORMALIZATION GROUP QCD I: Introduction and Tree-Graph Predictions QCD II: Asymptotic Freedom, the Renormalization Group, and Scaling Violations in Deep Inelastic Scattering Lattice Field Theory and the Renormalization Group Revisited SPONTANEOUSLY BROKEN SYMMETRY Spontaneously Broken Global Symmetry Chiral Symmetry Breaking Spontaneously Broken Local Symmetry WEAK INTERACTIONS AND THE ELECTROWEAK THEORY Introduction to the Phenomenology of Weak Interactions Difficulties with the Current-Current and Naive Intermediate Vector Boson Models The Glashow-Salam-Weinberg Gauge Theory of Electroweak Interactions APPENDIX M: Group Theory APPENDIX N: Dimensional Regularization APPENDIX O: Grassmann Variables APPENDIX P: Majorana Fermions APPENDIX Q: Feynman Rules for Tree Graphs in QCD and the Electroweak Theory REFERENCES INDEX

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