The Quantum Theory of Fields, Volume 2
Subtitle: Modern Applications
Series: Quantum Theory of Fields (2)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 9, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9780521670548
Subjects: Particle & high-energy physics; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics); Theoretical methods; Science/Mathematics; Science; Quantum Theory; Science / Mathematical Physics; Mathematical Physics; Quantum field theory
First sentence: The quantum field theories that have proved successful in describing the real world are all non-Abelian gauge theories, theories based on principles of gauge invariance more general than the simple U(1) gauge invariance of quantum electrodynamics.