ABSTRACT

This book is concerned with the particular quantum field theories that appear in the standard model of particle interactions. It deals with the generalizations of quantum electrodynamics that have led to successful models of the forces between elementary particles.

part 1|262 pages

Feynman Diagrams and Quantum Electrodynamics

chapter 2|22 pages

The Klein-Gordon Field

chapter 3|42 pages

The Dirac Field

chapter 4|54 pages

Interacting Fields and Feynman Diagrams

chapter 6|36 pages

Radiative Corrections: Introduction

part 2|208 pages

Renormalization

chapter 9|40 pages

Functional Methods

chapter 10|31 pages

Systematics of Renormalization

chapter 11|45 pages

Renormalization and Symmetry

chapter 12|46 pages

The Renormalization Group

chapter 13|32 pages

Critical Exponents and Scalar Field Theory

part 3|307 pages

Non-Abelian Gauge Theories

chapter 15|24 pages

Non-Abelian Gauge Invariance

chapter 16|40 pages

Quantization of Non-Abelian Gauge Theories

chapter 17|54 pages

Quantum Chromodynamics

chapter 18|51 pages

Operator Products and Effective Vertices

chapter 19|38 pages

Perturbation Theory Anomalies

part |22 pages

Epilogue

chapter 22|20 pages

Quantum Field Theory at the Frontier