Strickland, M. T.  1969- <br/><br/>
Relativistic quantum field theory.  Volume 1,  Canonical formalism / 
 Canonical formalism. 
Michael Strickland. 
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 - [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. .
<br/><br/> "Version: 20191101"--Title page verso.  "A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>1. Classical field theory -- 1.1. Lagrangian formalism for fields -- 1.2. The Klein-Gordon field -- 1.3. The electromagnetic field -- 1.4. Lorentz invariance -- 1.5. Transformation of fields under Lorentz transformations -- 1.6. Noether's theore 2. Quantization of free fields -- 2.1. The quantum linear chain and phonons -- 2.2. Poisson brackets in classical field theory -- 2.3. Quantization of a free scalar field theory -- 2.4. Multi-particle states and Fock space -- 2.5. Complex scalar 3. Quantization of interacting field theories -- 3.1. Weakly-interacting scalar fields -- 3.2. Two examples of interacting quantum field theories -- 3.3. The interaction picture and Dyson's equation -- 3.4. Interactions in scalar Yukawa theory - 4. Quantum electrodynamics -- 4.1. Classical Dirac fields -- 4.2. Quantization of the Dirac field -- 4.3. The Feynman propagator for Dirac fields -- 4.4. The electromagnetic field -- 4.5. Quantization of the electromagnetic field -- 4.6. Couplin 5. Renormalization of quantum electrodynamics -- 5.1. Renormalization group flow -- 5.2. Beta functions -- 5.3. Renormalizable field theories -- 5.4. Dimensional regularization in QED -- 5.5. One-loop renormalization of QED -- 5.6. Schwinger-Dys Appendices. A. Classical mechanics review -- B. Functionals and functional derivatives -- C. Tensor algebra -- D. Mandelstam variables. 
<br/><br/> Volume 1 of this three-part series introduces the fundamental concepts of quantum field theory using the formalism of canonical quantization. This volume is intended for use as a text for an introductory quantum field theory course that can incl 
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<br/><br/><br/>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  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781643277028 9781643277004 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1088/2053-2571/ab30cc  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Relativistic quantum theory.<br/>Quantum field theory.<br/>Quantum physics (quantum mechanics & quantum field theory).<br/>SCIENCE / Physics / Quantum Theory.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC174.24.R4  / .S777 2019eb vol. 1 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>530.12