{"id":8160,"date":"2022-10-31T11:14:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T04:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stang.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/newresources\/?p=8160"},"modified":"2022-10-31T11:17:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T04:17:48","slug":"a-prelude-to-quantum-field-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stang.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/newresources\/?p=8160","title":{"rendered":"A prelude to quantum field theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.mahidol.ac.th\/record=b1509186a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8107 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/stang.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/newresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/67363-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUTHOR\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Donoghue, John, 1950-<\/p>\n<p><strong>CALL NO<\/strong> QC174.45 D687 2022<\/p>\n<p><strong>IMPRINT <\/strong>Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2022<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>[For MU Students and Staff can request here]<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/widgets.ebscohost.com\/prod\/customlink\/ill\/index.php?client=s4067941_Campus_web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7115 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/stang.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/newresources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/BD.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"78\" \/><\/a><\/br><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Quantum field theory is a powerful framework that extends quantum mechanics in ways that are essential in many modern applications. While it is the fundamental formalism for the study of many areas of physics, quantum field theory requires a different way of thinking, and many newcomers to the subject struggle with the transition from quantum mechanics. A Prelude to Quantum Field Theory introduces the key concepts of quantum field theory in a brief and accessible manner while never sacrificing mathematical rigor. The result is an easy-to-use textbook that distills the most general properties of the theory without overwhelming beginning students with more advanced applications.<\/p>\n<p>Bridges quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, emphasizing analogies and differences<br \/>\nEmphasizes a \u201cquantum field theoretical mindset\u201d while maintaining mathematical rigor<br \/>\nObtains quantum fields as the continuum limit of a quantized system of many particles<br \/>\nHighlights the correspondence between wave function\u2014fundamental in quantum mechanics\u2014and the formalism of second quantization used in quantum field theory<br \/>\nProvides a step-by-step derivation of Feynman rules for the perturbative study of interacting theories<br \/>\nIntroduces students to renormalization, path integrals techniques, and more<br \/>\nDiscusses more modern topics like effective field theories<br \/>\nIdeal for both undergraduate and graduate students<br \/>\nProven in the classroom<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOURCE :\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/books\/ebook\/9780691223506\/a-prelude-to-quantum-field-theory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/books\/ebook\/9780691223506\/a-prelude-to-quantum-field-theory<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUTHOR\u00a0\u00a0Donoghue, John, 1950- CALL NO QC174.45 D687 2022 IMPRINT Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2022 [For MU Students and Staff can request here] &nbsp; &nbsp; Quantum field theory is a powerful framework that extends&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[352,643],"class_list":["post-8160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-book-releases","tag-quantum-field-theory","tag-quantum-theory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stang.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/newresources\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stang.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/newresources\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stang.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/newresources\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stang.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/newresources\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stang.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/newresources\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8160"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/stang.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/newresources\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8166,"href":"https:\/\/stang.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/newresources\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8160\/revisions\/8166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stang.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/newresources\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stang.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/newresources\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stang.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/newresources\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stang.sc.mahidol.ac.th\/newresources\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}