Preface |
Notation |
Introduction / 1: |
Overview / 1.1: |
Typical scales in high-energy physics / 1.2: |
Further reading |
Exercises |
Lorentz and Poincare symmetries in QFT / 2: |
Lie groups / 2.1: |
The Lorentz group / 2.2: |
The Lorentz algebra / 2.3: |
Tensor representations / 2.4: |
Decomposition of Lorentz tensors under SO(3) / 2.4.1: |
Spinorial representations / 2.5: |
Spinors in non-relativistic quantum mechanics / 2.5.1: |
Spinors in the relativistic theory / 2.5.2: |
Field representations / 2.6: |
Scalar fields / 2.6.1: |
Weyl fields / 2.6.2: |
Dirac fields / 2.6.3: |
Majorana fields / 2.6.4: |
Vector fields / 2.6.5: |
The Poincare group / 2.7: |
Representation on fields / 2.7.1: |
Representation on one-particle states / 2.7.2: |
Summary of chapter |
Classical field theory / 3: |
The action principle / 3.1: |
Noether's theorem / 3.2: |
The energy-momentum tensor / 3.2.1: |
Real scalar fields; Klein-Gordon equation / 3.3: |
Complex scalar field; U(1) charge / 3.3.2: |
Spinor fields / 3.4: |
The Weyl equation; helicity / 3.4.1: |
The Dirac equation / 3.4.2: |
Chiral symmetry / 3.4.3: |
Majorana mass / 3.4.4: |
The electromagnetic field / 3.5: |
Covariant form of the free Maxwell equations / 3.5.1: |
Gauge invariance; radiation and Lorentz gauges / 3.5.2: |
Minimal and non-minimal coupling to matter / 3.5.3: |
First quantization of relativistic wave equations / 3.6: |
Solved problems / 3.7: |
The fine structure of the hydrogen atom |
Relativistic energy levels in a magnetic field |
Quantization of free fields / 4: |
Real scalar fields. Fock space / 4.1: |
Complex scalar field; antiparticles / 4.1.2: |
Spin 1/2 fields / 4.2: |
Dirac field / 4.2.1: |
Massless Weyl field / 4.2.2: |
C, P, T / 4.2.3: |
Electromagnetic field / 4.3: |
Quantization in the radiation gauge / 4.3.1: |
Covariant quantization / 4.3.2: |
Perturbation theory and Feynman diagrams / 5: |
The S-matrix / 5.1: |
The LSZ reduction formula / 5.2: |
Setting up the perturbative expansion / 5.3: |
The Feynman propagator / 5.4: |
Wick's theorem and Feynman diagrams / 5.5: |
A few very explicit computations / 5.5.1: |
Loops and divergences / 5.5.2: |
Summary of Feynman rules for a scalar field / 5.5.3: |
Feynman rules for fermions and gauge bosons / 5.5.4: |
Renormalization / 5.6: |
Vacuum energy and the cosmological constant problem / 5.7: |
The modern point of view on renormalizability / 5.8: |
The running of coupling constants / 5.9: |
Cross-sections and decay rates / 6: |
Relativistic and non-relativistic normalizations / 6.1: |
Decay rates / 6.2: |
Cross-sections / 6.3: |
Two-body final states / 6.4: |
Resonances and the Breit-Wigner distribution / 6.5: |
Born approximation and non-relativistic scattering / 6.6: |
Three-body kinematics and phase space / 6.7: |
Inelastic scattering of non-relativistic electrons on atoms |
Quantum electrodynamics / 7: |
The QED Lagrangian / 7.1: |
One-loop divergences / 7.2: |
e[superscript +]e[superscript -] to [gamma] to [mu superscript +] [mu superscript -] / 7.3: |
Electromagnetic form factors |
The low-energy limit of the electroweak theory / 8: |
A four-fermion model / 8.1: |
Charged and neutral currents in the Standard Model / 8.2: |
Solved problems: weak decays / 8.3: |
[mu superscript -] to e[superscript - nu subscript e nu subscript mu] |
[pi superscript +] to l[superscript + nu subscript l] |
Isospin and flavor SU (3) |
K[superscript 0] to [pi superscript -]l[superscript + nu subscript l] |
Path integral quantization / 9: |
Path integral formulation of quantum mechanics / 9.1: |
Path integral quantization of scalar fields / 9.2: |
Perturbative evaluation of the path integral / 9.3: |
Euclidean formulation / 9.4: |
QFT and critical phenomena / 9.5: |
QFT at finite temperature / 9.6: |
Instantons and tunneling / 9.7: |
Non-abelian gauge theories / 10: |
Non-abelian gauge transformations / 10.1: |
Yang-Mills theory / 10.2: |
QCD / 10.3: |
Fields in the adjoint representation / 10.4: |
Spontaneous symmetry breaking / 11: |
Degenerate vacua in QM and QFT / 11.1: |
SSB of global symmetries and Goldstone bosons / 11.2: |
Abelian gauge theories: SSB and superconductivity / 11.3: |
Non-abelian gauge theories: the masses of W[superscript plus or minus] and Z[superscript 0] / 11.4: |
Solutions to exercises / 12: |
Chapter 1 / 12.1: |
Chapter 2 / 12.2: |
Chapter 3 / 12.3: |
Chapter 4 / 12.4: |
Chapter 5 / 12.5: |
Chapter 6 / 12.6: |
Chapter 7 / 12.7: |
Chapter 8 / 12.8: |
Bibliography |
Preface |
Notation |
Introduction / 1: |
Overview / 1.1: |
Typical scales in high-energy physics / 1.2: |
Further reading |