he book includes numerous physical applications in the body of the text as well

as many problems of a physical nature.

One of the things I like about quantum field theory is that it addresses this an
d in so doing unifies the treatment of matter and light. What I mean is, in QFT
, what is waving is the electron field, the same way light is a wave in the elec
tromagnetic field. Electrons are to the electron field as photons are to the el
ectromagnetic field. (Actually there are some technical subtleties with this sta
tement - see Gauge-Invariant Photon Wave Function and Diffraction if you wish but it is basically true.) You posit these elementary fields and then everything
is basically just excitations and interactions between them.
he book includes numerous physical applications in the body of the text as well
as many problems of a physical nature.
One of the things I like about quantum field theory is that it addresses this an
d in so doing unifies the treatment of matter and light. What I mean is, in QFT
, what is waving is the electron field, the same way light is a wave in the elec
tromagnetic field. Electrons are to the electron field as photons are to the el
ectromagnetic field. (Actually there are some technical subtleties with this sta
tement - see Gauge-Invariant Photon Wave Function and Diffraction if you wish but it is basically true.) You posit these elementary fields and then everything
is basically just excitations and interactions between them.
he book includes numerous physical applications in the body of the text as well
as many problems of a physical nature.
One of the things I like about quantum field theory is that it addresses this an
d in so doing unifies the treatment of matter and light. What I mean is, in QFT
, what is waving is the electron field, the same way light is a wave in the elec
tromagnetic field. Electrons are to the electron field as photons are to the el
ectromagnetic field. (Actually there are some technical subtleties with this sta
tement - see Gauge-Invariant Photon Wave Function and Diffraction if you wish but it is basically true.) You posit these elementary fields and then everything
is basically just excitations and interactions between them.
he book includes numerous physical applications in the body of the text as well
as many problems of a physical nature.
One of the things I like about quantum field theory is that it addresses this an
d in so doing unifies the treatment of matter and light. What I mean is, in QFT
, what is waving is the electron field, the same way light is a wave in the elec
tromagnetic field. Electrons are to the electron field as photons are to the el
ectromagnetic field. (Actually there are some technical subtleties with this sta
tement - see Gauge-Invariant Photon Wave Function and Diffraction if you wish but it is basically true.) You posit these elementary fields and then everything
is basically just excitations and interactions between them.
he book includes numerous physical applications in the body of the text as well
as many problems of a physical nature.
One of the things I like about quantum field theory is that it addresses this an
d in so doing unifies the treatment of matter and light. What I mean is, in QFT
, what is waving is the electron field, the same way light is a wave in the elec
tromagnetic field. Electrons are to the electron field as photons are to the el
ectromagnetic field. (Actually there are some technical subtleties with this sta
tement - see Gauge-Invariant Photon Wave Function and Diffraction if you wish but it is basically true.) You posit these elementary fields and then everything
is basically just excitations and interactions between them.
he book includes numerous physical applications in the body of the text as well
as many problems of a physical nature.
One of the things I like about quantum field theory is that it addresses this an
d in so doing unifies the treatment of matter and light. What I mean is, in QFT
, what is waving is the electron field, the same way light is a wave in the elec
tromagnetic field. Electrons are to the electron field as photons are to the el
ectromagnetic field. (Actually there are some technical subtleties with this sta
tement - see Gauge-Invariant Photon Wave Function and Diffraction if you wish but it is basically true.) You posit these elementary fields and then everything
is basically just excitations and interactions between them.