Relativistic Quantum Field Theory, Volume 1
Canonical formalism
By (author) Michael Strickland Series edited by Julia Velkovska

Publication date:
07 November 2019Publisher
Morgan & Claypool PublishersISBN-13: 9781643277011
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 include both particle and condensed matter physics students. Starting with a brief review of classical field theory as a jumping off point for the quantization of classical fields, thereby promoting them to proper quantum fields, formalism for real and complex scalar field theories is then presented, followed by fermion field quantization, gauge field quantization, toy models of the nuclear interaction, and finally the full Lagrangian for QED and its renormalization.