Functional Integrals in Quantum Field Theory and Statistical Physics

Popov, Victor Nikolaevich

ISBN 10: 9027714711 / ISBN 13: 9789027714718

Verlag: Springer, 1983

Beschreibung

Translator(s): Niederle, J.; Hlavaty, L. Series: Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615. . 1983. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9789027714718

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Functional Integrals in Quantum Field Theory and Statistical Physics
• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1983
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 9027714711
• ISBN-13: 9789027714718
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

Functional integration is one of the most powerful methods of contempo­ rary theoretical physics, enabling us to simplify, accelerate, and make clearer the process of the theoretician's analytical work. Interest in this method and the endeavour to master it creatively grows incessantly. This book presents a study of the application of functional integration methods to a wide range of contemporary theoretical physics problems. The concept of a functional integral is introduced as a method of quantizing finite-dimensional mechanical systems, as an alternative to ordinary quantum mechanics. The problems of systems quantization with constraints and the manifolds quantization are presented here for the first time in a monograph. The application of the functional integration methods to systems with an infinite number of degrees of freedom allows one to uniquely introduce and formulate the diagram perturbation theory in quantum field theory and statistical physics. This approach is significantly simpler than the widely accepted method using an operator approach.