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Quantum: The Quantum Theory of Particles, Fields and Cosmology

By Professor Dr. Edgard Elbaz (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1998
ISBN
978-3-642-64327-9, 978-3-642-60266-5
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-60266-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16780740 bytes)
Series
Texts and Monographs in Physics
Edition
1
Pages
602\606
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
Astrophysics and Cosmology;Particle and Nuclear PhQuantum Physics;Astronomy

Description

This textbook represents a new approach in the teaching of quantum physics. The first seven chapters present nonrelativistic quantum mechanics and its interpretation as well as perturbations and scattering theory. They include Dirac's and Feynman's formalisms. The chapter on symmetry treats gauge transformations, too. The quantum theory of angular momentum includes the isospin of leptons and quarks. It uses as a new tool the graphical spin algebra. The second part of the book is devoted to quantum fields: Boson fields including Higgs fields, Dirac's theory of Fermion fields, quantum electrodynamic and quantum chromodynamics. A brief review is appended to raise the students' interests in quantum cosmology. The readers will also find many detailed worked examples and many problems to test their own understanding.

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