Field QuantizationField Quantization is a thorough introduction to the physical ideas and techniques of this subject, starting from an elementary level. The initial chapters deal with the quantum mechanics of systems having many degrees of freedom and with classical Lagrangian field theory. Subsequently, both the traditional method of canonical quantization and the modern approach using path integrals are studied. The material is presented in considerable detail and accompanied by a large number of worked examples and exercises. |
Contents
III | 3 |
IV | 4 |
V | 6 |
VI | 8 |
VII | 10 |
VIII | 18 |
IX | 31 |
X | 34 |
XLVI | 196 |
XLVII | 200 |
XLVIII | 211 |
XLIX | 215 |
L | 219 |
LI | 225 |
LII | 233 |
LIII | 267 |
XI | 36 |
XII | 39 |
XIII | 49 |
XIV | 55 |
XV | 57 |
XVI | 58 |
XVII | 65 |
XVIII | 75 |
XIX | 91 |
XX | 95 |
XXI | 100 |
XXII | 106 |
XXIII | 109 |
XXIV | 117 |
XXV | 123 |
XXVI | 124 |
XXVII | 132 |
XXVIII | 141 |
XXIX | 144 |
XXXI | 145 |
XXXII | 148 |
XXXIII | 149 |
XXXIV | 152 |
XXXV | 154 |
XXXVII | 156 |
XXXVIII | 158 |
XXXIX | 171 |
XL | 172 |
XLI | 176 |
XLII | 177 |
XLIII | 180 |
XLIV | 185 |
XLV | 188 |
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