Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Quantum theory of free scalar fields
- 3 Interacting field theory
- 4 Particles of spin 1, and gauge invariance
- 5 Spin-½ particles and Fermi statistics
- 6 Massive quantum electrodynamics
- 7 Symmetries, Ward identities, and Nambu–Goldstone bosons
- 8 Non-abelian gauge theory
- 9 Renormalization and effective field theory
- 10 Instantons and solitons
- 11 Concluding remarks
- Appendix A Books
- Appendix B Cross sections
- Appendix C Diracology
- Appendix D Feynman rules
- Appendix E Group theory and Lie algebras
- Appendix F Everything else
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
6 - Massive quantum electrodynamics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Quantum theory of free scalar fields
- 3 Interacting field theory
- 4 Particles of spin 1, and gauge invariance
- 5 Spin-½ particles and Fermi statistics
- 6 Massive quantum electrodynamics
- 7 Symmetries, Ward identities, and Nambu–Goldstone bosons
- 8 Non-abelian gauge theory
- 9 Renormalization and effective field theory
- 10 Instantons and solitons
- 11 Concluding remarks
- Appendix A Books
- Appendix B Cross sections
- Appendix C Diracology
- Appendix D Feynman rules
- Appendix E Group theory and Lie algebras
- Appendix F Everything else
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
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- Modern Quantum Field TheoryA Concise Introduction, pp. 62 - 75Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008