| Finite Quantum Electrodynamics: The Causal Approach 1995. Softcover Edition Contributor(s): Scharf, G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3642633455 ISBN-13: 9783642633454 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Electricity - Science | Physics - Quantum Theory - Science | Physics - Nuclear |
| Dewey: 537.67 |
| Series: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.30 lbs) 410 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this textbook for graduate students in physics the author carefully analyses the role of causality in Q.E.D. This new approach avoids ultraviolet divergences, so that the detailed calculations of scattering processes and proofs can be carried out in a mathematically rigorous manner. Significant themes such as renormalizability, gauge invariance, unitarity, renormalization group, interacting fields and axial anomalies are discussed. The extension of the methods to non-abelian gauge theories is briefly described. The book differs considerably from its first edition: Chap. 3 on Causal Perturbation Theory was completely rewritten and Chap. 4 on Properties of the S-Matrix and Chap. 5 on Other Electromagnetic Couplings are new. |
