Most of the numerical predictions of experimental phenomena in particle physics over the last decade have been made possible by the discovery and exploitation of the simplifications that can happen when phenomena are investigated on short distance and time scales. This book provides a coherent exposition of the techniques underlying these calculations. After reminding the reader of some basic properties of field theories, examples are used to explain the problems to be treated. Then the technique of dimensional regularization and the renormalization group. Finally a number of key applications are treated, culminating in the treatment of deeply inelastic scattering.
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A coherent exposition of the technique underlying the numerical calculations of experimental phenomena in the physics of elementary particles. The book explains in depth the technique of dimensional regularization, renormalization, and the renormalization group.
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It really shed light on some concepts that other books simply do not discuss. It is also the only one I know that gives a theoretical basis for understanding dimensional regularization.
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The structure of a quantum field theory often simplifies when one considers processes involving large momenta or short distances. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
overall counterterm, counterterm graphs, counterterm vertices, renormalized composite operators, using minimal subtraction, overall divergent, forest formula, renormalization prescription, unrenormalized value, overall divergence, heavy graphs, mass mph, three times with respect, finite counterterms, decoupling theorem, counterterm vertex, renormalized operators, divergent subgraphs, renormalization counterterms, loop momenta, external momenta, dimensional continuation, renormalization condition, renormalized field, tadpole graphs New!
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overall counterterm, counterterm graphs, counterterm vertices, renormalized composite operators, using minimal subtraction, overall divergent, forest formula, renormalization prescription, unrenormalized value, overall divergence, heavy graphs, mass mph, three times with respect, finite counterterms, decoupling theorem, counterterm vertex, renormalized operators, divergent subgraphs, renormalization counterterms, loop momenta, external momenta, dimensional continuation, renormalization condition, renormalized field, tadpole graphs New!
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- Quantum Field Theory (Dover Books on Physics) by Claude Itzykson in Back Matter
- Perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (AIP Conference Proceedings) (v. 74) by Duke in Back Matter
- Quantum Physics: A Functional Integral Point of View by James Glimm in Back Matter
- Quarks, Gluons and Lattices (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) by Michael Creutz in Back Matter
- Relativistic Quantum Fields by James D. Bjorken in Back Matter
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