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020			_a0521237645
082			_a530.143 _bRyd
100			_aRyder, Lewis H.
245			_aQuantum Field Theory
260			_aLondon _bCambridge University Press _c1985
300			_axii;443p. _b9x6 _chb
520			_aThis book describes, as simply as is possible, the ideas and techniques of quantum field theory, on which is based our current understanding of subnuclear physics. In recent years this has advanced considerably with the discovery of charmed particles and the weak intermediate vector bosons predicted by gauge theories. After a brief survey of particle physics, the quantum theory of scalar and spinor fields, and then of gauge fields, is developed. The emphasis throughout is on functional methods, which have Played a large part in modern field theory. The book concludes with a brief survey of 'topological' objects in field theory. The author assumes a knowledge of quantum mechanics and special relativity.
546			_aENG
650			_aQuantum field theory
650			_aParticles (Nuclear physics)
942			_cBK
999			_c85597 _d85597