The main content of this book is an introduction to Yang-mills fields and the standard model of particle physics. A concise introduction to quarks is provided, with a discussion of the representations of SU(3). The standard model is presented in detail, including such topics as the Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix, chiral symmetry breaking and the omega-vacuum. Theoretical topics of a more general nature include path integrals, topological solitons, renormalization group, effective potentials, the axial anomaly and lattice gauge theory. This second edition has been expanded and includes Wilson's renormalization scheme, and its relation to perturbative renormalization; pitfalls in quantizing gauge fields, such as the Gribov ambiguity; the lattice as a consistent regularization; Monte Carlo methods of solution; and the issues, folklores and scenarios of quark confinement.
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- Group Theory in Physics by Wu-Ki Tung on page 61, page 90, and page 175
- Relativistic Quantum Fields by James D. Bjorken on page 1, and page 177
- Symmetry groups and their applications, Volume 50 (Pure and Applied Mathematics) by Willard Miller Jr. on page 17, and page 61
- Particle Physics and Introduction to Field Theory (Contemporary Concepts in Physics, Vol. 1) by T.D. Lee on page 276, and page 308
- Statistical Mechanics, 2nd Edition by Kerson Huang on page 267
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- Introduction to Quantum Field Theory by V.lG. Kiselev in Front Matter, page 339, and Back Matter
- The Superfluid Phases Of Helium 3 by Dieter Vollhardt on page 188, and Back Matter
- Geometry, Topology and Physics, Second Edition (Graduate Student Series in Physics) by Mikio Nakahara in Back Matter
- Quantenmechanik für Fortgeschrittene (QM II) (Springer-Lehrbuch) (German Edition) by Franz Schwabl in Back Matter
- The Particle Century by Gordon Fraser on page 141
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