Relativistic quantum field theory. Volume 3, Applications of quantum field theory / Michael Strickland.

By: Strickland, M. T. (Michael Thomas), 1969- [author.]Contributor(s): Morgan & Claypool Publishers [publisher.] | Institute of Physics (Great Britain) [publisher.]Material type: TextTextSeries: IOP (Series)Release 6 | IOP concise physics | IOP series in nuclear spectroscopy and nuclear structurePublisher: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2019]Distributor: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color)Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781643277622 ebookOther title: Applications of quantum field theorySubject(s): Relativistic quantum theory | Quantum field theory | Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory) | SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum TheoryAdditional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 530.12 LOC classification: QC174.24.R4 .S777 2019eb vol. 3Online resources: e-book Full-text access Also available in print.
Contents:
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.
Abstract: 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
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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

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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

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