Field Quantization

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIV

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2. Many-Body Systems and Classical Field Theory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Classical and Quantum Mechanics of Particle Systems

      • Walter Greiner, Joachim Reinhardt

      Pages 3-29

   3. Classical Field Theory

      • Walter Greiner, Joachim Reinhardt

      Pages 31-54

3. Canonical Quantization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55

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   2. Nonrelativistic Quantum Field Theory

      • Walter Greiner, Joachim Reinhardt

      Pages 57-74

   3. Spin-0 Fields: The Klein-Gordon Equation

      • Walter Greiner, Joachim Reinhardt

      Pages 75-115

   4. Spin-1/2 Fields: The Dirac Equation

      • Walter Greiner, Joachim Reinhardt

      Pages 117-140

   5. Spin-1 Fields: The Maxwell and Proca Equations

      • Walter Greiner, Joachim Reinhardt

      Pages 141-170

   6. Quantization of the Photon Field

      • Walter Greiner, Joachim Reinhardt

      Pages 171-210

   7. Interacting Quantum Fields

      • Walter Greiner, Joachim Reinhardt

      Pages 211-268

   8. The Reduction Formalism

      • Walter Greiner, Joachim Reinhardt

      Pages 269-299

   9. Discrete Symmetry Transformations

      • Walter Greiner, Joachim Reinhardt

      Pages 301-334

4. Quantization with Path Integrals

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 335-335

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   2. The Path-Integral Method

      • Walter Greiner, Joachim Reinhardt

      Pages 337-363

   3. Path Integrals in Field Theory

      • Walter Greiner, Joachim Reinhardt

      Pages 365-431

5. Back Matter

   Pages 433-441

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Theoretical physics has become a many-faceted science. For the young stu­ dent it is difficult enough to cope with the overwhelming amount of new scientific material that has to be learned, let alone obtain an overview of the entire field, which ranges from mechanics through electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, field theory, nuclear and heavy-ion science, statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and solid-state theory to elementary-particle physics. And this knowledge should be acquired in just 8-10 semesters, during which, in addition, a Diploma or Master's thesis has to be worked on or examinations prepared for. All this can be achieved only if the university teachers help to introduce the student to the new disciplines as early on as possible, in order to create interest and excitement that in turn set free essential new energy. At the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt we therefore con­ front the student with theoretical physics immediately, in the first semester. Theoretical Mechanics I and II, Electrodynamics, and Quantum Mechanics I - An Introduction are the basic courses during the first two years. These lectures are supplemented with many mathematical explanations and much support material. After the fourth semester of studies, graduate work begins, and Quantum Mechanics II - Symmetries, Statistical Mechanics and Ther­ modynamics, Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Electrodynamics, the Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions, and Quantum Chromo dynamics are obligatory.

• Feldquantisierung
• Particle Physics
• Pfadintegrale
• Quantenfeldtheorie
• field quantization
• quantum field theory
• quantum mechanics

• Institut für Theoretische Physik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  Walter Greiner, Joachim Reinhardt

• Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  Walter Greiner, Joachim Reinhardt

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