Gauge Theories in Particle Physics: A Practical Introduction, Volume 1: From Relativistic Quantum Mechanics to Qed, Fourth Edition (Hardcover, 4)

INTRODUCTORY SURVEY, ELECTROMAGNETISM AS A GAUGE THEORY, AND RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM MECHANICSThe Particles and Forces of in the Standard ModelElectromagnetism as a Gauge TheoryRelativistic Quantum MechanicsLorentz Transformations and Discrete Symmetries INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM FIELD THEORYQuantum Field Theory I: The Free Scalar FieldQuantum Field Theory II: Interacting Scalar FieldsQuantum Field Theory III: Complex Scalar Fields, Dirac and Maxwell Fields; Introduction of Electromagnetic Interactions TREE-LEVEL APPLICATIONS IN QEDElementary Processes in Scalar and Spinor ElectrodynamicsDeep Inelastic Electron-Nucleon Scattering and the Parton Model LOOPS AND RENORMALIZATIONLoops and Renormalization I: The ABC TheoryLoops and Renormalization II: QED APPENDIX A: Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics APPENDIX B: Natural Units APPENDIX C: Maxwell's Equations: Choice of Units APPENDIX D: Special Relativity: Invariance and Covariance APPENDIX E: Dirac Delta-Function APPENDIX F: Contour Integration APPENDIX G: Green Functions APPENDIX H: Elements of Non-Relativistic Scattering Theory APPENDIX I: The Schrodinger and Heisenberg Pictures APPENDIX J: Dirac Algebra and Trace Identities APPENDIX K: Example of a Cross Section Calculation APPENDIX L: Feynman Rules for Tree Graphs in QED References Index Problems appear at the end of each chapter.