Path Integral Methods in Quantum Field Theory

ISBN: 9780521368704 出版年：1987 页码：352 R J Rivers Cambridge University Press

Preface 1. Scalar Green functions and their perturbative solutions 2. Connected Green functions and their one-particle irreducible components 3. Regularisation and renormalisation 4. The scalar functional integral 5. Series expansions and their summation 6. Taking the path integral more seriously 7. Quantum theory on non-simply-connected configuration spaces 8. Stochastic quantisation 9. Fermions 10. Quantum electrodynamics 11. Non-abelian gauge theories 12. Explicit symmetry breaking and its classical limit 13. The effective potential 14. Field theory at non-zero temperature 15. Field theory at non-zero temperature: real-time formulation 16. Instantons 17. Composite fields and the large-N limit References Index.