Quantum Field Theory Of Point Particles And Strings

"The purpose of this book is to introduce string theory without assuming any background in quantum field theory. Part I of this book follows the development of quantum field theory for point particles,"

Autorentext

Brian Hatfield

Inhalt
Point Particles Introduction: Phenomenology Overview First to Second Quantization Free Scalar Field Theory Free Spinor Field Theory Quantization of the Electromagnetic Field Self-Interacting Scalar Field Theory Spinor Quantum Electrodynamics Functional Calculus Free Fields in the Schrdinger Representation Interacting Fields in the Schrdinger Representation Path Integral Representation of Quantum Mechanics Path Integrals in Free Field Theory Interacting Fields and Path Integrals Yang-Mills and Faddeev-Popov Hiding the Infinities Renormalization of QED at 1-Loop The Effective Action Strings Basic Ideas and Classical Theory First Quantization The Mathematics of Surfaces Polykovs Integral: The Partition Function for Genus 0 Higher-Genus Integrals Scattering Amplitudes Noncritical Dimensions * Introduction to Superstrings