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020			_a 978-81-7319-654-6
040			_cTata Book House _aICTS-TIFR
050			_aQC174.45
100			_aLahiri Amitabha
245			_a A first book of quantum field theory
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aNewDelhi: _bNarosa Publishing House, _c[c2014]
300			_a380 p
505			_a1. Preliminaries 2. Classical Field Theory 3. Quantization of scalar fields 4. Quantization of Dirac Fields 5. The S-matrix expansion 6. From Wick expansion to Feynman diagrams 7. Cross sections and decay rates 8. Quantization of the electromagnetic field 9. Quantum electrodynamics 10. P, T, C and their Combinations 11. Electromagnetic form factors 12. Renormalization 13. Symmetries and symmetry breaking 14. Yang-Mills theory of non-Abelian gauge fields 15. Standard electroweak theory
520			_aThis book introduces QFT for a reader with no prior knowledge of the subject. It is meant to be a textbook for advanced undergraduate or beginning postgraduate students. The book discusses quantization of fields, S-matrix theory, Feynman diagrams, calculation of decay rates and cross sections, renormalization, symmetries and symmetry breaking. Some background material on classical field theory and group theory, needed for the exposition, are also presented in the book. Detailed calculations of weak and electromagnetic processes are included. There are many exercise problems to help the students, instructors and beginning researchers in the field. The second edition improves upon some notations and explanations, and includes answers to selected exercises. --- summary provided by publisher
700			_aP. B. Pal
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