Introduction to Quantum Field Theory with Applications to Quantum Gravity
- ISBN-10
- 019883831X
- ISBN-13
- 9780198838319
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 536
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-03
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Authors
- Ilya Shapiro, Iosif L. Buchbinder
Description
This textbook presents a detailed introduction to the general concepts of quantum field theory, with special emphasis on principal aspects of functional methods and renormalization in gauge theories, and includes an introduction to semiclassical and perturbative quantum gravity in flat and curved spacetimes.
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