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- A refreshingly new approach to developing and teaching QFT
- Author is a leading theoretical physicist, known too for his excellent writing and teaching
- A slim volume but covering all the main concepts and calculational prerequisites
- Problems interspersed in the text help to give the student a deep understanding in confidence in using QFT
- Interesting applications beyond standard calculations show the broad range of applicability of these methods
Part of the book series: Graduate Texts in Physics (GTP)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
“The readership of this book consists of graduate students and researchers alike. … Full of valuable insight, this modern treatise is sure to become a classic text on a subject of central importance.” (Gert Roepstorff, zbMATH 1338.81002, 2016)
Authors and Affiliations
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and Astrophysics, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy, Pune, India
Thanu Padmanabhan
About the author
Thanu Padmanabhan, currently Distinguished Professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Pune, India, is a theoretical physicist whose research spans a wide variety of topics in gravitation, cosmology and quantum gravity. He has authored 10 books and about 250 papers and reviews, many of which have had significant impact in their fields. He was a Sackler Distinguished Astronomer of IoA, Cambridge, the President of the Cosmology Commission of the International Astronomical Union and the Chairman of the Astrophysics Commission of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics and the recipient of Padma Shri, the Presidential medal which is the fourth highest civilian honor in India.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quantum Field Theory
Book Subtitle: The Why, What and How
Authors: Thanu Padmanabhan
Series Title: Graduate Texts in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28173-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-28171-1Published: 16 February 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-28173-5Published: 02 February 2016
Series ISSN: 1868-4513
Series E-ISSN: 1868-4521
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 283
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 44 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quantum Field Theories, String Theory, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Mathematical Physics