Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Towards a quantum field theory
- 3 Wave equations, propagators and fields
- 4 Quantum electrodynamics
- 5 From Fermi theory to the standard model
- 6 Purely leptonic interactions
- 7 Deep inelastic scattering and quantum chromodynamics
- 8 Weak hadronic currents, electroweak interference effects
- 9 Quark and lepton oscillations
- 10 The standard model and beyond
- Appendix A Units
- Appendix B Properties of γ-matrices
- Appendix C Cross-sections, decay rates and Feynman rules
- Appendix D Dirac δ-function
- Appendix E Fierz transformation
- Appendix F Creation and annihilation operators for a Dirac field
- References
- Index
2 - Towards a quantum field theory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Towards a quantum field theory
- 3 Wave equations, propagators and fields
- 4 Quantum electrodynamics
- 5 From Fermi theory to the standard model
- 6 Purely leptonic interactions
- 7 Deep inelastic scattering and quantum chromodynamics
- 8 Weak hadronic currents, electroweak interference effects
- 9 Quark and lepton oscillations
- 10 The standard model and beyond
- Appendix A Units
- Appendix B Properties of γ-matrices
- Appendix C Cross-sections, decay rates and Feynman rules
- Appendix D Dirac δ-function
- Appendix E Fierz transformation
- Appendix F Creation and annihilation operators for a Dirac field
- References
- Index
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- Electroweak InteractionsAn Introduction to the Physics of Quarks and Leptons, pp. 41 - 103Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1990