Perturbative quantum electrodynamics and axiomatic field theory
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Perturbative quantum electrodynamics and axiomatic field theory
（Texts and monographs in physics）
Springer-Verlag, c2000
Available at 15 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-350) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This novel approach is presented for the first time in book form. The author demonstrates that fundamental concepts and methods from phenomenological particle physics can be derived rigorously from well-defined general assumptions in a mathematically clean way.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction.- 2 Relativistic Covariance.- 3 Electrodynamics as a Classical Field Theory.- 4 The Basic Principles of Relativistic Quantum Field Theory.- 5 Free Fields.- 6 An Outline of Interacting QED.- 7 The Electric Charges.- 8 The Program of Perturbation Theory.- 9 Unrenormalized Solution.- 10 Renormalization and the UV Problem.- 11 The IR Problem for Wightman Functions.- 12 Physical States.- 13 The Standard View.- 14 Particle Probes.- 15 Interacting Particles.- 16 Reactions.- 17 Cross Sections.- References.
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