Quantum fields : from the Hubble to the Planck Scale /

Michael Kachelriess introduces quantum field theory together with its most important applications to cosmology and astroparticle physics. Applications such as topological defects, phase transitions, dark matter, external gravitational fields and black holes help students to bridge the gap between un...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kachelriess, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford graduate texts.
Subjects:
Quantum field theory.
Théorie quantique des champs.
SCIENCE > Energy.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > General.
SCIENCE > Physics > General.
Quantum field theory
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Classical mechanics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Free scalar field
  • Scalar field with [inverted Y, O [with vertical slash]⁴] interaction
  • Global symmetries and Noether's theorem
  • Spacetime symmetries
  • Spin-1 and spin-2 fields
  • Fermions and the Dirac equation
  • Scattering processes
  • Gauge theories
  • Renormalisation I : perturbation theory
  • Renormalisation II : improving perturbation theory
  • Symmetries and symmetry breaking
  • GSW model of electroweak interactions
  • Thermal field theory
  • Phase transitions and topological defects
  • Anomalies, instantons and axions
  • Hadrons, partons and QCD
  • Gravity as a gauge theory
  • Cosmological models for an homogeneous, isotropic universe
  • Thermal relics
  • Baryogenesis
  • Quantum fields in curved spacetime
  • Inflation
  • Black holes
  • Cosmological constant
  • Appendix A : Units, conventions and useful formulae
  • Appendix B : Minimal group theory.

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