1. Introduction: synopsis of particle physics -- 2. Single-particle relativistic wave equations -- 3. Lagrangian formulation, symmetries and gauge fields -- 4. Canonical quantisation and particle interpretation -- 5. Path integrals and quantum mechanics -- 6. Path-integral quantisation and Feynman rules: scalar and spinor fields -- 7. Path-integral quantisation: gauge fields -- 8. Spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Weinberg-Salam model -- 9. Renormalisation -- 10. Topological objects in field theory -- 11. Supersymmetry
Summary
This book is a modern pedagogic introduction to the ideas and techniques of quantum field theory. After a brief overview of particle physics and a survey of relativistic wave equations and Lagrangian methods, the quantum theory of scalar and spinor fields, and then of gauge fields, is developed. The emphasis throughout is on functional methods, which have played a large part in modern field theory. The book concludes with a brief survey of 'topological' objects in field theory and, new to this edition, a chapter devoted to supersymmetry
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 476-481) and index
