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Relativistic quantum mechanics : an introduction to relativistic quantum fields / Luciano Maiani and Omar Benhar.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boca Raton: CRC Press, ©2016.Description: xvii, 310 p. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781498722308
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.12 23 M217
Contents:
1. The symmetries of space-time -- 2. The classical free particle -- 3. The lagrangian theory of fields -- 4. Klein-Gordon field quantisation -- 5. Electromagnetic field quantisation -- 6. The Dirac equation -- 7. Quantisation of the Dirac field -- 8. Free field progagators -- 9. Interactions -- 10. Time evolution of quantum systems -- 11. Relativistic perturbation theory -- 12. The discrete symmetries: P, C, T -- 13. Weyl and majorana neurtinos -- 14. Applications: QED -- 15. Applications: weak interactions -- 16. Neutrino oscillations -- Appendix.
Summary: This book provides a classroom-tested introduction to the formal and conceptual foundations of quantum field theory. Designed for advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level physics students, the text only requires previous courses in classical mechanics, relativity, and quantum mechanics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The symmetries of space-time --
2. The classical free particle --
3. The lagrangian theory of fields --
4. Klein-Gordon field quantisation --
5. Electromagnetic field quantisation --
6. The Dirac equation --
7. Quantisation of the Dirac field --
8. Free field progagators --
9. Interactions --
10. Time evolution of quantum systems --
11. Relativistic perturbation theory --
12. The discrete symmetries: P, C, T --
13. Weyl and majorana neurtinos --
14. Applications: QED --
15. Applications: weak interactions --
16. Neutrino oscillations --
Appendix.

This book provides a classroom-tested introduction to the formal and conceptual foundations of quantum field theory. Designed for advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level physics students, the text only requires previous courses in classical mechanics, relativity, and quantum mechanics.

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