Field Quantization [Paperback]

Walter Greiner (Author), Joachim Reinhardt (Author), D.A. Bromley (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 23, 1996 | ISBN-10: 3540591796 | ISBN-13: 978-3540591795 | Edition: 1

"Field 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.

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...The book under review is an excellent addition to the vast educational literature on quantum field theory. This is a clearly presented and detailed introduction to various techniques of field quantization, illustrated with applications to a number of special physical models. ... The book is intended for undergraduate students and all other beginners in the area of quantum field theory. With its

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

Product Details

• Paperback: 440 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (February 23, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540591796
• ISBN-13: 978-3540591795
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,586,993 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Detailed guide to QFT, March 26, 2000

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Martin Schroedter (AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Field Quantization (Paperback)

The book's focus is on carefully explaining what quantum field theory is. Starting from classical field theories, ie. the harmonic chain, Greiner goes on to discuss 2nd quantization for spin 0, 1/2, and spin 1 fields. The results are then applied to derive the perturbation expansion for interacting fields. The last sections on quantization with path integrals is also well written, and contains more details than eg. Sakurai. Throughout, many (sometimes tedious, but) instructive examples are presented that lots of other authors just assume to be understood already.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Introduction, July 11, 2001

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Robert M. Ralich (Akron, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Field Quantization (Paperback)

This book starts with classical field theory and moves on to some simple, but very relevent examples of nonrelativistic field quantization. Greiner works through all important relativistic system of free particles before a spectactular introduction to Feynman rules via quantum electrodynamics as the primer. The book finishes with a nice introduction to path-integral quantization. This book covers mathematical detail of relativistic field theory in a simple way, making it an excellent introductory text.

18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Get the other printing, March 31, 2008

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Eric Perlmutter - See all my reviews
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The only reason this copy is 50 dollars cheaper than the other printing of "Field Quantization" is that the manufacturers screwed up the margins, and the inner margin is tiny. Text is obscured, and it is not really usable without great sacrifice.

I'm surprised Amazon even sells this copy. Don't get had.