Strickland, M. T. 1969-
Relativistic quantum field theory. Volume 3, Applications of quantum field theory / Applications of quantum field theory. Michael Strickland. - 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). - [IOP release 6] IOP concise physics, 2053-2571 IOP series in nuclear spectroscopy and nuclear structure . - IOP (Series). Release 6. IOP concise physics. IOP series in nuclear spectroscopy and nuclear structure. .
"Version: 20191101"--Title page verso. "A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. QCD phenomenology -- 1.1. Electron-muon scattering -- 1.2. Form factors -- 1.3. Elastic electron-proton scattering and the proton form factors -- 1.4. Inelastic electron-proton scattering -- 1.5. The parton model and Bjorken scaling -- 1.6. V 2. Weak interactions -- 2.1. Early models of the weak interaction -- 2.2. Muon decay -- 2.3. Charged pion decay -- 2.4. Electron-neutrino and electron-antineutrino scattering -- 2.5. Neutrino-quark scattering -- 2.6. Weak neutral currents -- 2.7 3. Electroweak unification and the Higgs mechanism -- 3.1. Electroweak Feynman rules -- 3.2. Massive gauge fields with local gauge symmetry -- 3.3. Gauge boson masses in SU(2)L x U(1)Y -- 3.4. The discovery of the Higgs boson 4. Basics of finite temperature quantum field theory -- 4.1. Partition function for a quantum harmonic oscillator -- 4.2. The partition function for a free scalar field theory -- 4.3. Free scalar thermodynamics -- 4.4. The need for resummation - 5. Hard-thermal-loops for QED and QCD -- 5.1. Photon polarization tensor -- 5.2. Fermionic self-energy -- 5.3. Collective modes -- 5.4. Hard-thermal-loop effective action -- 5.5. Hard-thermal-loop resummed thermodynamics.
Volume 3 of this three-part series presents more advanced topics and applications of relativistic quantum field theory. The application of quantum chromodynamics to high-energy particle scattering is discussed with concrete examples for how to c
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.
Dr. Strickland is a professor of physics at Kent State University. His primary interest is the physics of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) and high-temperature quantum field theory (QFT). The QGP is predicted by quantum chromodynamics (QCD) to have
9781643277622 9781643277608
10.1088/2053-2571/ab3a99 doi
Relativistic quantum theory.
Quantum field theory.
Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory).
SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory.
QC174.24.R4 / .S777 2019eb vol. 3
530.12
Relativistic quantum field theory. Volume 3, Applications of quantum field theory / Applications of quantum field theory. Michael Strickland. - 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color). - [IOP release 6] IOP concise physics, 2053-2571 IOP series in nuclear spectroscopy and nuclear structure . - IOP (Series). Release 6. IOP concise physics. IOP series in nuclear spectroscopy and nuclear structure. .
"Version: 20191101"--Title page verso. "A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. QCD phenomenology -- 1.1. Electron-muon scattering -- 1.2. Form factors -- 1.3. Elastic electron-proton scattering and the proton form factors -- 1.4. Inelastic electron-proton scattering -- 1.5. The parton model and Bjorken scaling -- 1.6. V 2. Weak interactions -- 2.1. Early models of the weak interaction -- 2.2. Muon decay -- 2.3. Charged pion decay -- 2.4. Electron-neutrino and electron-antineutrino scattering -- 2.5. Neutrino-quark scattering -- 2.6. Weak neutral currents -- 2.7 3. Electroweak unification and the Higgs mechanism -- 3.1. Electroweak Feynman rules -- 3.2. Massive gauge fields with local gauge symmetry -- 3.3. Gauge boson masses in SU(2)L x U(1)Y -- 3.4. The discovery of the Higgs boson 4. Basics of finite temperature quantum field theory -- 4.1. Partition function for a quantum harmonic oscillator -- 4.2. The partition function for a free scalar field theory -- 4.3. Free scalar thermodynamics -- 4.4. The need for resummation - 5. Hard-thermal-loops for QED and QCD -- 5.1. Photon polarization tensor -- 5.2. Fermionic self-energy -- 5.3. Collective modes -- 5.4. Hard-thermal-loop effective action -- 5.5. Hard-thermal-loop resummed thermodynamics.
Volume 3 of this three-part series presents more advanced topics and applications of relativistic quantum field theory. The application of quantum chromodynamics to high-energy particle scattering is discussed with concrete examples for how to c
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.
Dr. Strickland is a professor of physics at Kent State University. His primary interest is the physics of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) and high-temperature quantum field theory (QFT). The QGP is predicted by quantum chromodynamics (QCD) to have
9781643277622 9781643277608
10.1088/2053-2571/ab3a99 doi
Relativistic quantum theory.
Quantum field theory.
Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory).
SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory.
QC174.24.R4 / .S777 2019eb vol. 3
530.12