Title Diagrammatica : the path to Feynman rules / Martinus Veltman

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 284 pages) : illustrations Series Cambridge lecture notes in physics ; 4 Cambridge lecture notes in physics ; 4 Contents 1. Lorentz and Poincare Invariance -- 2. Relativistic Quantum Mechanics of Free Particles -- 3. Interacting Fields -- 4. Particles with Spin -- 5. Explorations -- 6. Renormalization -- 7. Massive and Massless Vector Fields -- 8. Unitarity -- 9. Quantum Electrodynamics: Finally -- Appendix A Complex Spaces, Matrices, CBH Equation -- Appendix B Traces -- Appendix C Dimensional Regularization -- Appendix D Summary. Combinatorial Factors -- Appendix E Standard Model -- Appendix F Metric and Conventions Summary This author provides an easily accessible introduction to quantum field theory via Feynman rules and calculations in particle physics. His aim is to make clear what the physical foundations of present-day field theory are, to clarify the physical content of Feynman rules. The book begins with a brief review of some aspects of Einstein's theory of relativity that are of particular importance for field theory, before going on to consider the relativistic quantum mechanics of free particles, interacting fields, and particles with spin. The techniques learnt in the chapters are then demonstrated in examples that might be encountered in real accelerator physics. Further chapters contain discussions of renormalization, massive and massless vector fields and unitarity. A final chapter presents concluding arguments concerning quantum electrodynamics. The book includes valuable appendices that review some essential mathematics, including complex spaces, matrices, the CBH equation, traces and dimensional regularization. An appendix containing a comprehensive summary of the rules and conventions used is followed by an appendix specifying the full Lagrangian of the Standard Model and the corresponding Feynman rules. To make the book useful for a wide audience a final appendix provides a discussion of the metric used, and an easy-to-use dictionary connecting equations written with different metrics. Written as a textbook, many diagrams, exercises and examples are included. This book will be used by beginning graduate students taking courses in particle physics or quantum field theory, as well as by researchers as a source and reference book on Feynman diagrams and rules Analysis Physics Notes Includes index Cover title: Diagrammatica, the path to Feynman diagrams Print version record Subject Feynman diagrams. SCIENCE -- Energy. SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General. SCIENCE -- Physics -- General. Feynman diagrams Einführung Feynman-Graph Quantenfeldtheorie Feynman-diagrammen. Kwantumveldentheorie. Feynman, Diagrammes de. Champs, Théorie quantique des. Feynman -- diagrammes de. Physique nucléaire. Théorie quantique. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139939232 1139939238 9780511564079 0511564074

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