Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART I Basics
- 1 Preliminaries
- 2 Basics of Non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics
- 3 Non-relativistic Quantum Fields
- 4 The Lorentz Group and the Poincaré Group
- 5 The Massive Scalar Free Field
- 6 Quantization
- 7 The Casimir Effect
- Part II Spin
- Part III Interactions
- Part IV Renormalization
- Part V Complements
- Solutions to Selected Exercises
- Reading Suggestions
- References
- Index
1 - Preliminaries
from PART I - Basics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2022
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART I Basics
- 1 Preliminaries
- 2 Basics of Non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics
- 3 Non-relativistic Quantum Fields
- 4 The Lorentz Group and the Poincaré Group
- 5 The Massive Scalar Free Field
- 6 Quantization
- 7 The Casimir Effect
- Part II Spin
- Part III Interactions
- Part IV Renormalization
- Part V Complements
- Solutions to Selected Exercises
- Reading Suggestions
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter provides an introduction to the notion of physical dimension, to the specific notations which are used in physics, as well a brief review of some basic mathematics: an introduction to informal distribution theory, to the delta function and the Fourier transform.
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- What Is a Quantum Field Theory? , pp. 9 - 20Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022