TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lahiri Amitabha
AU  - P. B. Pal
TI  -  A first book of quantum field theory 
SN  -  978-81-7319-654-6  
AV  - QC174.45 
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - NewDelhi
PB  - Narosa Publishing House
N1  - 1. Preliminaries
2. Classical Field Theory
3. Quantization of scalar fields
4. Quantization of Dirac Fields
5. The S-matrix expansion
6. From Wick expansion to Feynman diagrams 
7. Cross sections and decay rates 
8. Quantization of the electromagnetic field
9. Quantum electrodynamics
10. P, T, C and their Combinations
11. Electromagnetic form factors
12. Renormalization
13. Symmetries and symmetry breaking
14. Yang-Mills theory of non-Abelian gauge fields 
15. Standard electroweak theory
N2  - This book introduces QFT for a reader with no prior knowledge of the subject. It is meant to be a textbook for advanced undergraduate or beginning postgraduate students. The book discusses quantization of fields, S-matrix theory, Feynman diagrams, calculation of decay rates and cross sections, renormalization, symmetries and symmetry breaking. Some background material on classical field theory and group theory, needed for the exposition, are also presented in the book. Detailed calculations of weak and electromagnetic processes are included. There are many exercise problems to help the students, instructors and beginning researchers in the field. The second edition improves upon some notations and explanations, and includes answers to selected exercises. --- summary provided by publisher
ER  -