Finite quantum electrodynamics : the causal approach
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Finite quantum electrodynamics : the causal approach
（Texts and monographs in physics）
Springer, c1995
2nd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
In this textbook for graduate students in physics the author carefully analyses the role of causality in Q.E.D. This new approach avoids ultraviolet divergences, so that the detailed calculations of scattering processes and proofs can be carried out in a mathematically rigorous manner. Significant themes such as renormalizability, gauge invariance, unitarity, renormalization group, interacting fields and axial anomalies are discussed. The extension of the methods to non-abelian gauge theories is briefly described. The book differs considerably from its first edition: Chap. 3 on Causal Perturbation Theory was completely rewritten and Chap. 4 on Properties of the S-Matrix and Chap. 5 on Other Electromagnetic Couplings are new.
Table of Contents
Contents: 0. Preliminaries.- 1. Relativistic Quantum Mechanics.- 2. Field Quantization.- 3. Causal Perturbation Theory.- 4. Properties of the S-Matrix.- 5. Other Electromagnetic Couplings.- 6. Epilogue: Non-Abelian Gauge Theories.- Appendices.- Bibliographical Notes.- Subject Index.
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