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Advanced Quantum Theory and Its Applications Through Feynman Diagrams

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  • © 1979

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Authors:
  1. Michael D. Scadron

    1. Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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Part of the book series: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (TMP)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Transformation Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

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      Pages 3-14

    3. Transformations in Space

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      Pages 15-28

    4. Transformations in Space—Time

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      Pages 29-47

    5. Boson Wave Equations

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      Pages 48-63

    6. Spin−1/2 Dirac Equation

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      Pages 64-95

    7. Discrete Symmetries

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      Pages 96-115

  3. Scattering Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Formal Theory of Scattering

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      Pages 119-141

    3. Simple Scattering Dynamics

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      Pages 142-158

    4. Nonrelativistic Perturbation Theory

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      Pages 159-179

  4. Covariant Feynman Diagrams

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
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    2. Covariant Feynman Rules

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      Pages 183-201

    3. Lowest-Order Electromagnetic Interactions

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      Pages 202-227

    4. Low-Energy Strong Interactions

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      Pages 228-256

    5. Lowest-Order Weak Interactions

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      Pages 257-280

    6. Lowest-Order Gravitational Interactions

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      Pages 281-296

    7. Higher-Order Covariant Feynman Diagrams

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      Pages 297-346

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 347-386
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About this book

The fundamental goal of physics is an understanding of the forces of nature in their simplest and most general terms. Yet the scientific method inadver­ tently steers us away from that course by requiring an ever finer subdivision of the problem into constituent components, so that the overall objective is often obscured, even to the experts. The situation is most frustrating and acute for today's graduate students, who must try to absorb as much general knowledge as is possible and also try to digest only a sm all fraction of the ever increasing morass of observational data or detailed theories to write a dissertation. This book is based on the premise that to study a subject in depth is only half the battle; the remaining struggle is to put the pieces together in a broad but comprehensive manner. Accordingly, the primary purpose of this text is to cut across the barriers existing between the various fields ofmodern physics (elementary particles; nuclear, atomic, and solid state physics; gravitation) and present a unified description of the quantum nature of forces encountered in each field at the level of the second-year physics graduate student. This unification is based on one-body perturbation techniques, covariantly generalized to what are now called "Feynman diagrams," and is formulated aS,a simple (but nontriv­ ial) extension of ordinary nonrelativistic, one-particle quantum theory.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    Michael D. Scadron

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