《量子场论(第1卷)(英文)》是华裔著名物理学家徐一鸿教授的又一本关于物理学的专著。量子场论是物理学之大成,它融合了狭义相对论和量子力学,是物理学精义的集中体现,也是物理学最艰深的部分之一。许多量子场论的教程,写的晦涩难懂。冗长复杂的数学公式,让物理学的核心思想模糊不清,不知所在。物理学的专业人士,也常常不知所云,更遑论一般读者。而徐一鸿教授的“Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell”,无论是写作的风格,或者是问题的阐述及处理,都一扫前非。《简明量子场论(第2版)》用略带口语化的语言写成,作者似乎是面对面与你谈论有关的物理学话题。体现作者深刻物理学智慧的内容,俯拾皆是。用最简洁的数学工具,凸显物理学思想,结合轻松幽默的语言,不经意之间,将你引入物理学问题的核心。阅读《简明量子场论(第2版)》给你带来的喜悦,和喜悦之后的收获,似乎只有“The Feynman Lectures on Physics”,与之在伯仲之间。
目錄:
PREFACE
NOTATION
1 HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
1.1 Relativistic Wave Mechanics
1.2 The Birth of Quantum Field Theory
1.3 The Problem of Infinities
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References
2 RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM MECHANICS
2.1 Quantum Mechanics
2.2 Symmetries
2.3 Quantum Lorentz Transformations
2.4 The Poincare Algebra
2.5 One-Particle States
2.6 Space Inversion and Time-Reversal
2.7 Projective Representations
Appendix A The Symmetry Representation Theorem
Appendix B Group Operators and Homotopy Classes
Appendix C In,rersions and Degenerate Multiplets
Problems
References
3 SCATTERING THEORY
3.1 ''In'' and ''Out'' States
3.2 The S-matrix
3.3 Symmetries of the S-Matrix
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4 THE CLUSTER DECOMPOSITION PRINCIPLE
5 QUANTUM FIELDS AND ANTIPARTICLES
6 THE FEYNMAN RULES
7 THE CANONICAL FORMALISM
8 ELECTRODYNAMICS
9 PATH-INTEGRAL METHODS
10 NON-PERTURBATIVE METHODS
11 ONE-LOOP RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS IN QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
13 INFRARED EFFECTS
14 BOUND STATES IN EXTERNAL FIELDS
AUTHOR INDEX
SUBJECT INDEX
OUTLINE OF VOLUME 2