TY - BOOK AU - Pokorski,Stefan TI - Gauge field theories T2 - Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics SN - 0511017464 AV - QC793.3.F5 P65 2000eb U1 - 530.14/35 21 PY - 2000/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Gauge fields (Physics) KW - Quantum field theory KW - Quantum chromodynamics KW - Symmetry (Physics) KW - Champs de jauge (Physique) KW - Théorie quantique des champs KW - Chromodynamique quantique KW - Symétrie (Physique) KW - SCIENCE KW - Waves & Wave Mechanics KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Eichtheorie KW - gnd KW - Kwantumveldentheorie KW - gtt KW - Kwantumchromodynamica KW - Veldentheorie KW - Symmetrie KW - Kwantumelektrodynamica KW - Supersymmetrie KW - Champs de jauge (physique) KW - ram KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-604) and index; Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics; Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; 0 Introduction; 1 Classical fields, symmetries and their breaking; 2 Path integral formulation of quantum field theory; 3 Feynman rules for Yang ... Mills theories; 4 Introduction to the theory of renormalization; 5 Quantum electrodynamics; 6 Renormalization group; 7 Scale invariance and operator product expansion; 8 Quantum chromodynamics; 9 Chiral symmetry; spontaneous symmetry breaking; 10 Spontaneous and explicit global symmetry breaking; 11 Higgs mechanism in gauge theories; 12 Standard electroweak theory13 Chiral anomalies; 14 Effective lagrangians; 15 Introduction to supersymmetry; Appendix A Spinors and their properties; Appendix B Feynman rules for QED and QCD and Feynman integrals; Appendix C Feynman rules for the Standard Model; Appendix D One-loop Feynman integrals; Appendix E Elements of group theory; References; Index N2 - An expanded and up-dated text examining gauge theories and their symmetries with an emphasis on their physical and technical aspects. New chapters give a systematic introduction to classical field theories and the electroweak theory. Suitable for graduate courses in physics, the only prerequisite being some grounding in quantum field theory UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=73919 ER -