Modern Quantum Field Theory: A Concise Introduction

by Thomas Banks and Tom Banks

Book Overview

Presenting a variety of topics that are only briefly touched on in other texts, this book provides a thorough introduction to the techniques of field theory. Covering Feynman diagrams and path integrals, the author emphasizes the path integral approach, the Wilsonian approach to renormalization, and the physics of non-abelian gauge theory. It provides a thorough treatment of quark confinement and chiral symmetry breaking, topics not usually covered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521850827
• ISBN13: 9780521850827
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.7"