Renormalization an introduction to renormalization, the renormalization group, and the operator-product expansion

Most of the numerical predictions of experimental phenomena in particle physics over the last decade have been made possible by the discovery and exploitation of the simplifications that can happen when phenomena are investigated on short distance and time scales. This book provides a coherent expos...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collins, John C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1984
Series:Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Most of the numerical predictions of experimental phenomena in particle physics over the last decade have been made possible by the discovery and exploitation of the simplifications that can happen when phenomena are investigated on short distance and time scales. This book provides a coherent exposition of the techniques underlying these calculations. After reminding the reader of some basic properties of field theories, examples are used to explain the problems to be treated. Then the technique of dimensional regularization and the renormalization group. Finally a number of key applications are treated, culminating in the treatment of deeply inelastic scattering
Physical Description:x, 380 pages digital
ISBN:9780511622656