Effective field theories

Resource Information

The work Effective field theories represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Effective field theories

Statement of responsibility

Alexey A. Petrov, Andrew E. Blechman, Wayne State University, USA

Creator

• Petrov, Alexey A., 1971-

Contributor

• Blechman, Andrew E.

Author

• Blechman, Andrew E.
• Petrov, Alexey A., 1971-

Subject

• Gravitational fields
• Quantum field theory
• Quantum field theory
• Field theory (Physics)
• SCIENCE -- Mechanics | General
• SCIENCE -- Physics | General
• SCIENCE -- Energy
• Field theory (Physics)
• Gravitational fields

Language

eng

Summary

This book is a broad-based text intended to help the growing student body interested in constructing and applying methods of effective field theory to solve problems in their research. It begins with a review of using symmetries to identify the relevant degrees of freedom in a problem, and then presents a variety of methods that can be used to construct various effective theories. A detailed discussion of canonical applications of effective field theory techniques with increasing complexity is given, including Fermi's weak interaction, heavy-quark effective theory, and soft-collinear effective theory. Applications of these techniques to study physics beyond the standard model, dark matter, and quantum and classical gravity are explored. Although most examples come from questions in high-energy physics, many of the methods can also be applied in condensed-matter settings. Appendices include various factoids from group theory and other topics that are used throughout the text, in an attempt to make the book self-contained

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

530.14

Index

index present

LC call number

QC173.7

LC item number

.P48 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography