Preliminaries / Part I: |
Units and Metric / 1: |
Units / 1.1: |
Metric and Notation / 1.2: |
Fundamentals of Field Theory / Part II: |
Classical Fields / 2: |
Equations of Motion / 2.1: |
Examples / 2.1.1: |
Symmetries and Conservation Laws / 2.2: |
Geometrical Space-Time Symmetries / 2.2.1: |
Internal Symmetries / 2.2.2: |
Free Fields and Their Quantization / 3: |
Classification of Fields / 3.1: |
Scalar Fields / 3.2: |
Quantization of the Hermitian Scalar Field / 3.2.1: |
Quantization of the Charged Scalar Field / 3.2.2: |
Vector Fields / 3.3: |
Massive Vector Fields / 3.3.1: |
Massless Vector Fields / 3.3.2: |
Fermion Fields / 3.4: |
Dirac Equation / 3.4.1: |
Lagrangian for Fermion Fields / 3.4.2: |
Quantization ofthe Dirac Field / 3.4.3: |
Massless Fermions / 3.4.4: |
Neutrinos / 3.4.5: |
Transition Rates in Quantum Field Theory / 3.5: |
Quantum Mechanical Consistency / 3.6: |
GlobalSymmetries / Part III: |
Symmetries of Meson and Baryon Systems / 4: |
U(1) Symmetry / 4.1: |
Properties of the Group U(1) / 4.1.1: |
Structure of the Nucleon Lagrangian / 4.1.2: |
SU(2) Symmetry / 4.2: |
Properties of the Group SU(2) / 4.2.1: |
General Definitions / 4.2.2: |
Application to the Pion-Nucleon System / 4.2.3: |
Structure of SU(2) Multiplets / 4.2.4: |
SU(3) Symmetry / 4.3: |
Properties of the Group SU(3) / 4.3.1: |
Structure of SU(3) Multiplets / 4.3.2: |
Assignments of Hadrons to SU(3) Multiplets / 4.3.3: |
SU(3) Symmetry Breaking / 4.3.4: |
Quarks / 5: |
Construction of SU(3) Multiplets / 5.1: |
Construction of the Representation <$>3 \otimes \bar {3}<$> / 5.1.1: |
Construction of the Representation 3 ⊗ 3 ⊗ 3 / 5.1.2: |
State Vectors for the Multiplets / 5.2: |
Tensor Algebra / 5.2.1: |
Hadron Multiplets / 5.2.2: |
Color Degree of Freedom / 5.3: |
Chiral Symmetry / 6: |
Phenomenology of β-Decay / 6.1: |
Leptonic β-Decay / 6.1.1: |
Semileptonic β-Decay / 6.1.2: |
Current Conservation in Strong Interactions / 6.2: |
Vector Current Conservation / 6.2.1: |
Axial Vector Current Conservation / 6.2.2: |
Chiral Symmetry Group / 6.3: |
Chiral Symmetry Transformations for the Fermions / 6.3.1: |
Chiral Symmetry Transformations for the Mesons / 6.3.2: |
Spontaneous Global Symmetry Breaking / 7: |
Goldstone Theorem / 7.1: |
Goldstone Bosons / 7.1.1: |
Examples of the Goldstone Mechanism / 7.2: |
Spontaneous Breaking of a Global Non-Abelian Symmetry / 7.2.1: |
σ-Model / 7.2.2: |
Nambu-Jona-Lasinio Model / 7.2.3: |
Local Gauge Symmetries / Part IV: |
Gauge Field Theories / 8: |
Conserved Currents in QED / 8.1: |
Local Abelian Gauge Invariance / 8.2: |
Non-Abelian Gauge Fields / 8.3: |
Lagrangian for Non-Abelian Gauge Field Theories / 8.3.1: |
Properties of Non-Abelian Gauge Field Theories / 8.3.2: |
Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Gauge Field Theories / 9: |
Higgs Mechanism / 9.1: |
Spontaneous Breaking of a Local Non-Abelian Symmetry / 9.2: |
Summary of the Higgs Mechanism / 9.3: |
Electroweak Interaction / Part V: |
Weak Interactions of Quarks and Leptons / 10: |
Phenomenological Introduction / 10.1: |
Strangeness Changing Weak Decays / 10.1.1: |
Neutral Currents / 10.1.2: |
Intermediate Vector Bosons / 10.2: |
Fundamentals of a Theory of Weak Interactions / 10.3: |
Electroweak Interactions of Leptons / 11: |
Leptonic Multiplets and Interactions / 11.1: |
Electroweak Currents / 11.1.1: |
Lepton Masses / 11.2: |
Electroweak Interactions / 11.3: |
Generalization to Other Leptons / 11.3.1: |
Parameters of the Lagrangian / 11.4: |
Charged Current Experiments / 11.4.1: |
Neutral Current Experiments / 11.4.2: |
Electroweak Interactions of Quarks / 12: |
Hadronic Multiplets / 12.1: |
Hadron Masses / 12.1.1: |
Electroweak Interactions of Quarks and Leptons / 13: |
Lagrangian of Electroweak Interactions / 13.1: |
Standard Model / 13.2: |
CP Invariance of Electroweak Interactions / 14: |
Kobayashi-Maskawa Matrix / 14.1: |
Unitarity of the KM Matrix / 14.2: |
K0 Decay and CP Violation / 14.3: |
CP Invariance and the KM Matrix / 14.4: |
Strong Interaction / Part VI: |
Quantum Chromodynamics / 15: |
Gauge Group for Strong Interactions / 15.1: |
QCD Lagrangian / 15.2: |
Properties of QCD / 15.3: |
Scale Invariance / 15.3.1: |
Chiral Invariance / 15.3.2: |
Antishielding and Confinement / 15.3.3: |
Deconfinement Phase Transition / 15.3.4: |
Hadron Structure / Part VII: |
Bag Models of Hadrons / 16: |
Potential Well in the Dirac Theory / 16.1: |
The MIT Bag / 16.2: |
Fermions in the MIT Bag / 16.2.1: |
Gluons in the MIT Bag / 16.2.2: |
Hyperfine Structure of Bag States / 16.2.4: |
Magnetic Moments of the Nucleon / 16.2.5: |
Axial Vector Current / 16.2.6: |
Chiral Symmetry in the MIT Bag / 16.2.7: |
Soliton Models of Hadrons / 17: |
Skyrmion Model / 17.1: |
Hybrid Chiral Bag Model / 17.2: |
Linear 7-Model / 17.3: |
Friedberg-Lee Soliton Bag Model / 17.4: |
NJL Soliton Model / 17.5: |
Appendices / Part VIII: |
Solutions of the Free Dirac Equation / A: |
Properties of Free Dirac States / A.1: |
Dirac and Majorana Fields / A.2: |
Explicit Quark States for Hadrons / B: |
Table of Hadron Properties / C: |
Bibliography by Subject |
References |
Index |
Preliminaries / Part I: |
Units and Metric / 1: |
Units / 1.1: |
Metric and Notation / 1.2: |
Fundamentals of Field Theory / Part II: |
Classical Fields / 2: |