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  3. An Informal Introduction to Gauge Field Theories
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
January 2010
Print publication year:
1982
Online ISBN:
9780511622625
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511622625
Subjects:
Physics and Astronomy, Theoretical Physics and Mathematical Physics
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Book description

Four forces are dominant in physics: gravity, electromagnetism and the weak and strong nuclear forces. Quantum electrodynamics - the highly successful theory of the electromagnetic interaction - is a gauge field theory, and it is now believed that the weak and strong forces also can be described by generalizations of this type of theory. In this short book Dr Aitchison gives an introduction to these theories, a knowledge of which is essential in understanding modern particle physics. With the assumption that the reader is already familiar with the rudiments of quantum field theory and Feynman graphs, his aim has been to provide a coherent, self-contained and yet elementary account of the theoretical principles and physical ideas behind gauge field theories.

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'Aitchison's clear exposition of many difficult concepts will be hard to better.'

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'A beautifully written book and a pleasure to read.'

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'Any thinking theoretical physicist should benefit from reading this book.'

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