Perturbative quantum electrodynamics and axiomatic field theory

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Perturbative quantum electrodynamics and axiomatic field theory

Othmar Steinmann

(Texts and monographs in physics)

Springer-Verlag, c2000

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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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Details

  • NCID
    BA48419688
  • ISBN
    • 3540670246
  • Country Code
    gw
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Berlin
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 355 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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