Waves, Particles and Fields: Introducing Quantum Field Theory

Author:   Anthony C. Fischer-Cripps (Fischer-Cripps Laboratories Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367198763


Pages:   338
Publication Date:   06 July 2019
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Author:   Anthony C. Fischer-Cripps (Fischer-Cripps Laboratories Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780367198763


ISBN 10:   0367198762
Pages:   338
Publication Date:   06 July 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Mathematics. 2. Waves. 3. Electromagnetic Waves. 4. Kinetic Theory of Gases. 5. Quantum Theory. 6. The Bohr Atom. 7. The New Quantum Theory. 8. Relativity. 9 Advanced Mathematics. 10 Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. 11 Probability Flow. 12 Wave Functions and Spinors. 13 Classical Field Theory. 14 Lorentz Invariance. 15 The Electromagnetic Field. 16 The Quantum Field. 17 Feynman Diagrams. 18 Conclusion.

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Formal initiation into 20th-century physics occurs when one begins a systematic study of relativity and quantum mechanics. There are any number of standard texts and lecture notes on these two foundations of today's physics. Unlike the classic texts of Leonard Schiff, David Bohm, David Griffiths, and Albert Messiah, this volume offers a sturdy steppingstone to the grand edifice: it is well organized and clearly presented, with only brief introductory notes to the topics. Fischer-Cripps (formerly, Univ. of Technology, Sydney) presents the student with all the required mathematics in a succinct way. A brief discussion of vector space would have been a worthwhile addition. Those who have not previously seen scalars, vectors, and complex numbers need to do some serious work before venturing into this text, which only reviews these concepts. Readers with some acquaintance with the basics will learn the concepts, structure, and bases of the physics that is essential for an understanding of quantum field theory, leading to Feynman diagrams. This book can serve as an excellent text not only for students who plan to specialize eventually in high-powered theoretical physics, but also for those whose goal may be to work in nuclear physics, astrophysics, solid-state physics, and the like. All college libraries should own this work. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Students enrolled in two-year technical programs. -V. V. Raman, emeritus, Rochester Institute of Technology in CHOICE, September 2020


Formal initiation into 20th-century physics occurs when one begins a systematic study of relativity and quantum mechanics. There are any number of standard texts and lecture notes on these two foundations of today's physics. Unlike the classic texts of Leonard Schiff, David Bohm, David Griffiths, and Albert Messiah, this volume offers a sturdy steppingstone to the grand edifice: it is well organized and clearly presented, with only brief introductory notes to the topics. Fischer-Cripps (formerly, Univ. of Technology, Sydney) presents the student with all the required mathematics in a succinct way. A brief discussion of vector space would have been a worthwhile addition. Those who have not previously seen scalars, vectors, and complex numbers need to do some serious work before venturing into this text, which only reviews these concepts. Readers with some acquaintance with the basics will learn the concepts, structure, and bases of the physics that is essential for an understanding of quantum field theory, leading to Feynman diagrams. This book can serve as an excellent text not only for students who plan to specialize eventually in high-powered theoretical physics, but also for those whose goal may be to work in nuclear physics, astrophysics, solid-state physics, and the like. All college libraries should own this work. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Students enrolled in two-year technical programs. -V. V. Raman, emeritus, Rochester Institute of Technology in CHOICE, September 2020


"""Formal initiation into 20th-century physics occurs when one begins a systematic study of relativity and quantum mechanics. There are any number of standard texts and lecture notes on these two foundations of today’s physics. Unlike the classic texts of Leonard Schiff, David Bohm, David Griffiths, and Albert Messiah, this volume offers a sturdy steppingstone to the grand edifice: it is well organized and clearly presented, with only brief introductory notes to the topics. Fischer-Cripps (formerly, Univ. of Technology, Sydney) presents the student with all the required mathematics in a succinct way. A brief discussion of vector space would have been a worthwhile addition. Those who have not previously seen scalars, vectors, and complex numbers need to do some serious work before venturing into this text, which only reviews these concepts. Readers with some acquaintance with the basics will learn the concepts, structure, and bases of the physics that is essential for an understanding of quantum field theory, leading to Feynman diagrams. This book can serve as an excellent text not only for students who plan to specialize eventually in high-powered theoretical physics, but also for those whose goal may be to work in nuclear physics, astrophysics, solid-state physics, and the like. All college libraries should own this work. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Students enrolled in two-year technical programs."" —V. V. Raman, emeritus, Rochester Institute of Technology in CHOICE, September 2020"


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Anthony Fischer-Cripps is an experienced lecturer in physics and a former senior scientist at CSIRO, Australian’s national scientific research institution. Dr. Cripps has published several student books over the years as well as undertaking fundamental research in applied physics in the field of nanoindentation.

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