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Quantum Field Theory

Eduardo Fradkin
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Bessel function
Bose-Einstein statistics
Canonical quantization
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Classical electromagnetism
Conformal field theory
Correspondence principle
Coupling constant
Creation and annihilation operators
Degrees of freedom (mechanics)
Dimensional regularization
Dirac delta function
Dirac operator
Effective action
Effective potential
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Equations of motion
Expectation value (quantum mechanics)
Fermion
Feynman diagram
Fock space
Galilean transformation
Gauge fixing
Gauge theory
Global symmetry
Goldstone boson
Ground state
Harmonic oscillator
Heisenberg picture
Imaginary time
Instanton
Ising model
Klein-Gordon equation
Lagrangian (field theory)
Length scale
Local symmetry
Lorentz covariance
Magnetic susceptibility
Minimal subtraction scheme
Minkowski space
Operator product expansion
Partition function (statistical mechanics)
Path integral formulation
Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics)
Phase transition
Primary field
Propagator
Quantum fluctuation
Quantum mechanics
Reciprocal lattice
Renormalization
Renormalization group
Scalar field
Scalar field theory
Scale invariance
Scaling dimension
Schwinger model
Self-energy
Spherical model
Spontaneous symmetry breaking
Statistical mechanics
Stress-energy tensor
Topological order
Two-dimensional space
Unitarity (physics)
Vertex function
Weyl semimetal
Wilson loop
WKB approximation
Yang-Mills theory

Product details

  • ISBN 9780691149080
  • Weight: 1928g
  • Dimensions: 203 x 254mm
  • Publication Date: 23 Mar 2021
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

The only graduate-level textbook on quantum field theory that fully integrates perspectives from high-energy, condensed-matter, and statistical physics

Quantum field theory was originally developed to describe quantum electrodynamics and other fundamental problems in high-energy physics, but today has become an invaluable conceptual and mathematical framework for addressing problems across physics, including in condensed-matter and statistical physics. With this expansion of applications has come a new and deeper understanding of quantum field theory—yet this perspective is still rarely reflected in teaching and textbooks on the subject. Developed from a year-long graduate course Eduardo Fradkin has taught for years to students of high-energy, condensed-matter, and statistical physics, this comprehensive textbook provides a fully "multicultural" approach to quantum field theory, covering the full breadth of its applications in one volume.

  • Brings together perspectives from high-energy, condensed-matter, and statistical physics in both the main text and exercises
  • Takes students from basic techniques to the frontiers of physics
  • Pays special attention to the relation between measurements and propagators and the computation of cross sections and response functions
  • Focuses on renormalization and the renormalization group, with an emphasis on fixed points, scale invariance, and their role in quantum field theory and phase transitions
  • Other topics include non-perturbative phenomena, anomalies, and conformal invariance
  • Features numerous examples and extensive problem sets
  • Also serves as an invaluable resource for researchers
About Eduardo Fradkin
Eduardo Fradkin is the Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. An internationally recognized leader in theoretical physics and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, he is the author of Field Theories of Condensed Matter Physics.

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