Foundations Of Quantum Chromodynamics: An Introduction to Perturbative Methods in Gauge Theories (World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics) [Paperback]

T. Muta (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 9812793542 | ISBN-13: 978-9812793546 | Publication Date: September 30, 2009 | Edition: 3

This volume develops the techniques of perturbative QCD in great pedagogical detail starting with field theory. Aside from extensive treatments of the renormalization group technique, the operator product expansion formalism and their applications to short-distance reactions, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to gauge theories. Examples and exercises are provided to amplify the discussions on important topics. This is an ideal textbook on the subject of quantum chromodynamics and is essential for researchers and graduate students in high energy physics, nuclear physics and mathematical physics.

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"...I consider this book a very useful compromise among phenomenological and theoretical breath, rigor and finite length. I recommend it to physicists, both particle and nuclear, who work with strong interactions, and to students entering the field..." -- Stephen Ellis, Physics Today, 1989 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company; 3 edition (September 30, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9812793542
• ISBN-13: 978-9812793546
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,486,620 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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