Introduction to Gauge Field Theory Revised Edition

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ISBN: 9780750302814 | 075030281X
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Copyright: 1/1/1993

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This is a revised edition of the popular text for postgraduate students on Feynman's path integral treatment of gauge theories. There is a new section on instantons and axions, and calculations have been updated to make use of the more precise values of gauge coupling constants now available.

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Preface to first edition
Preface to revised edition
Path integrals	p. 1
Path integrals in non-relativistic quantum mechanics	p. 5
Classical field theory	p. 15
Quantum field theory of a scalar field	p. 39
Scattering amplitudes	p. 51
Feynman rules for [actual symbol not reproducible] theory	p. 60
Renormalisation of [actual symbol not reproducible] theory	p. 74
Quantum field theory with fermions	p. 96
Gauge field theories	p. 110
Feynman rules for quantum chromodynamics and quantum electrodynamics	p. 116
Renormalisation of QCD and QED at one-loop order	p. 131
QCD and asymptotic freedom	p. 144
Spontaneous symmetry breaking	p. 169
Feynman rules for electroweak theory	p. 230
Renormalisation of electroweak theory	p. 260
Grand unified theory	p. 298
Field theories at finite temperature	p. 315
Appendix A: Feynman integrals in 2[omega]-dimensional space	p. 345
Appendix B: S-matrix elements are independent of [epsilon]	p. 346
Appendix C: C.1 Vector-vector-scalar-scalar vertices	p. 351
Appendix C: C.2 Vertices involving four scalars	p. 353
Appendix D: SU(5) [lambda] matrices	p. 355
Appendix E: Matsubara frequency sums	p. 358
Index	p. 359
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