| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
Oxford graduate texts
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Oxford graduate texts.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Michael Kachelriess introduces quantum field theory together with its most important applications to cosmology and astroparticle physics. Applications such as topological defects, phase transitions, dark matter, external gravitational fields and black holes help students to bridge the gap between undergraduate courses and research literature. |
| Contents |
Classical mechanics -- Quantum mechanics -- Free scalar field -- Scalar field with [inverted Y, O [with vertical slash]⁴] interaction -- Global symmetries and Noether's theorem -- Spacetime symmetries -- Spin-1 and spin-2 fields -- Fermions and the Dirac equation -- Scattering processes -- Gauge theories -- Renormalisation I : perturbation theory -- Renormalisation II : improving perturbation theory -- Symmetries and symmetry breaking -- GSW model of electroweak interactions -- Thermal field theory -- Phase transitions and topological defects -- Anomalies, instantons and axions -- Hadrons, partons and QCD -- Gravity as a gauge theory -- Cosmological models for an homogeneous, isotropic universe -- Thermal relics -- Baryogenesis -- Quantum fields in curved spacetime -- Inflation -- Black holes -- Cosmological constant -- Appendix A : Units, conventions and useful formulae -- Appendix B : Minimal group theory. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Quantum field theory.
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SCIENCE -- Energy. |
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General. |
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- General. |
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Quantum field theory |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Kachelriess, Michael. Quantum fields. First edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018 9780198802877 (OCoLC)1012892403 |
| ISBN |
9780191841330 (electronic book) |
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0191841331 (electronic book) |
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9780192523983 (electronic book) |
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0192523988 (electronic book) |
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9780198802877 |
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0198802870 |
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