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Introduction to classical field theory : a tour of the fundamental interactions
서명 / 저자 Introduction to classical field theory : a tour of the fundamental interactions / Jarrett L. Lancaster.
저자명 Lancaster, Jarrett L., author.
단체명 Morgan & Claypool Publishers, publisher. ; Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.
발행사항 San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2018]
Online Access https://iopscience.iop.org/book/978-1-64327-084-5 URL

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청구기호 QC173.7 .L365 2018eb
형태사항 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).
총서명 [IOP release 5] IOP concise physics, 2053-2571
언어 English
일반주기 "Version: 20180801"--Title page verso.
"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.
서지주기 Includes bibliographical references.
내용 1. Motivation and introduction -- 1.1. The four fundamental interactions -- 1.2. Particle exchange and force mediation -- 1.3. Examining a simple model -- 1.4. Relativity emerges -- 1.5. The necessity of fields and a conundrum -- 1.6. Exercises 2. Basics of scalar field theory -- 2.1. From oscillators to fields -- 2.2. Lagrange and Hamilton -- 2.3. Hamiltonian with sources -- 2.4. The attractive Yukawa potential -- 2.5. Some relativistic technology -- 2.6. Relativistic field theories -- 2.7. Exercises 3. Electromagnetism -- 3.1. Maxwell's equations -- 3.2. Lagrangian formulation -- 3.3. Why like charges repel : the Coulomb potential -- 3.4. Resolution of a conundrum and magnetic energy -- 3.5. The electric field in arbitrary spatial dimensions -- 3.6. Propagation of interactions -- 3.7. Electromagnetic duality and magnetic monopoles -- 3.8. Gauge invariance -- 3.9. Exercises 4. Yang-Mills theory -- 4.1. From Maxwell to Yang-Mills -- 4.2. Nonabelian gauge theory formalism -- 4.3. The static potential -- 4.4. The strong nuclear interaction -- 4.5. Classical color charge dynamics -- 4.6. Effective static quark-antiquark potential -- 4.7. Electroweak unification and Higgs mechanism -- 4.8. Exercises 5. Gravity as a field theory -- 5.1. The trouble with Newtonian gravity -- 5.2. Constructing an appropriate field theory -- 5.3. Emergence of Newton's law of gravity -- 5.4. Interactions of light and matter -- 5.5. A glimpse at general relativity -- 5.6. Gravity with extra, compactified dimensions -- 5.7. Exercises -- Appendix A. Mathematical results.
주제 Field theory (Physics)
Electromagnetism.
Yang-Mills theory.
Gravity.
Electricity, electromagnetism & magnetism. --bicssc
SCIENCE / Physics / Electromagnetism. --bisacsh
보유판 및 특별호 저록 Print version: 9781643270814
ISBN 9781643270845, 9781643270821, 9781643270814
기타 표준번호 10.1088/978-1-64327-084-5
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