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Finite Quantum Electrodynamics: The Causal Approach, Third Edition 3rd Revised edition [Mīkstie vāki]

  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 432 pages, height x width: 235x156 mm
  • Sērija : Dover Books on Physics
  • Izdošanas datums: 16-Apr-2014
  • Izdevniecība: Dover Publications Inc.
  • ISBN-10: 0486492737
  • ISBN-13: 9780486492735
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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 432 pages, height x width: 235x156 mm
  • Sērija : Dover Books on Physics
  • Izdošanas datums: 16-Apr-2014
  • Izdevniecība: Dover Publications Inc.
  • ISBN-10: 0486492737
  • ISBN-13: 9780486492735
The third edition of this classic graduate-level physics text covers relativistic quantum mechanics, field quantization, causal perturbation theory, properties of the S-matrix, and considerations of other electromagnetic couplings. 2014 edition.


0 Preliminaries
1(20)
0.0 Historical Introduction
1(5)
0.1 Minkowski Space and the Lorentz Group
6(5)
0.2 Tensors in Minkowski Space
11(3)
0.3 Some Topics of Scattering Theory
14(5)
0.4 Problems
19(2)
1 Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
21(45)
1.1 Spinor Representations of the Lorentz Group
21(5)
1.2 Invariant Field Equations
26(6)
1.3 Algebraic Properties of the Dirac Equation
32(4)
1.4 Discussion of the Free Dirac Equation
36(8)
1.5 Gauge Invariance and Electromagnetic Fields
44(10)
1.6 The Hydrogen Atom
54(8)
1.7 Problems
62(4)
2 Field Quantization
66(93)
2.1 Second Quantization in Fock Space
67(11)
2.2 Quantization of the Dirac Field
78(9)
2.3 Discussion of the Commutation Functions
87(6)
2.4 The Scattering Operator (S-Matrix) in Fock Space
93(12)
2.5 Perturbation Theory
105(6)
2.6 Electron Scattering
111(7)
2.7 Pair Production
118(6)
2.8 The Causal Phase of the S-Matrix
124(10)
2.9 Non-perturbative Construction of the Causal Phase
134(7)
2.10 Vacuum Polarization
141(5)
2.11 Quantization of the Radiation Field
146(10)
2.12 Problems
156(3)
3 Causal Perturbation Theory
159(107)
3.1 The Method of Epstein and Glaser
160(11)
3.2 Splitting of Causal Distributions
171(14)
3.3 Application to QED
185(3)
3.4 Electron Scattering (Moeller Scattering)
188(9)
3.5 Electron-Photon Scattering (Compton Scattering)
197(7)
3.6 Vacuum Polarization
204(6)
3.7 Self-Energy
210(7)
3.8 Vertex Function: Causal Distribution
217(14)
3.9 Vertex Function: Retarded Distribution
231(8)
3.10 Form Factors
239(3)
3.11 Adiabatic Limit
242(8)
3.12 Charged Particles in Perturbative QED
250(10)
3.13 Charge Normalization
260(3)
3.14 Problems
263(3)
4 Properties of the S-Matrix
266(72)
4.1 Vacuum Graphs
266(5)
4.2 Operator Character of the S-Matrix
271(3)
4.3 Normalizability of QED
274(5)
4.4 Discrete Symmetries
279(7)
4.5 Poincare Covariance
286(7)
4.6 Gauge Invariance and Ward Identities
293(11)
4.7 Unitarity
304(8)
4.8 Renormalization Group
312(6)
4.9 Interacting Fields and Operator Products
318(9)
4.10 Field Equations
327(10)
4.11 Problems
337(1)
5 Other Electromagnetic Couplings
338(41)
5.1 Scalar QED: Basic Properties
338(9)
5.2 Scalar QED: Gauge Invariance
347(7)
5.3 Axial Anomalies
354(11)
5.4 2Dimensional QED: Vacuum Polarization
365(7)
5.5 2Dimensional QED: Mass Generation
372(6)
5.6 Problems
378(1)
6 Epilogue
6.1 Non-abelian Gauge Theories
379(3)
6.2 Gauge Invariance of QED to all Orders
382(4)
Appendices
A The Hydrogen Atom According to the Schrodinger Equation
386(3)
B Regularly Varying Functions
389(5)
C Spence Functions
394(3)
D Grassmann Test Functions
397(5)
Bibliographical Notes 402(7)
Subject Index 409