Overview
Conveys the concepts and elegance of quantum field theory without belabouring the technical details
Demonstrates the deep connections between QFT and other branches of theoretical physics
Unique high-level nonspecialist book on quantum field theory
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Aperitif
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Front Matter
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Hors d’Oeuvres
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Front Matter
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Chef’s Secrets
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Front Matter
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Entrées
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Front Matter
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Trou Normand
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Front Matter
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Dessert
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book gives an intermediate level treatment of quantum field theory, appropriate to a reader with a first degree in physics and a working knowledge of special relativity and quantum mechanics. It aims to give the reader some understanding of what QFT is all about, without delving deep into actual calculations of Feynman diagrams or similar.
The author serves up a seven‐course menu, which begins with a brief introductory Aperitif. This is followed by the Hors d'oeuvres, which set the scene with a broad survey of the Universe, its theoretical description, and how the ideas of QFT developed during the last century. In the next course, the Art of Cooking, the author recaps on some basic facts of analytical mechanics, relativity, quantum mechanics and also presents some nutritious “extras” in mathematics (group theory at the elementary level) and in physics (theory of scattering). After these preparations, the reader should have a good appetite for the Entrées ‐ the central par
t of the book where the Standard Model is described and explained.After Trou Normand, the restive pause including human stories about physicists and no formulas, the author serves the Dessert, devoted to supersymmetry (a very beautiful theory that is still awaiting a direct experimental confirmation), to general relativity and to the mystery of quantum gravity.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Digestible Quantum Field Theory
Authors: Andrei Smilga
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59922-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59920-5Published: 19 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86735-9Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59922-9Published: 30 December 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 351
Number of Illustrations: 70 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Field Theories, String Theory, Cosmology