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1、TheQuantumTheoryofFieldsVolumeIIModernApplicationsStevenWeinbergUniversityofTexasatAustinInTheQuantumTheoryofFieldsNobelLaureateStevenWeinbergcom-bineshisexceptionalphysicalinsightwithhisgiftforclearexpositiontoprovideaself-contained,comprehensive,andup-to-dateintrodu
2、ctiontoquantumfieldtheory.VolumeIIgivesanup-to-dateandself-containedaccountofthemethodsofquantumfieldtheory,andhowtheyhaveledtoanunder-standingoftheweak,strong,andelectromagneticinteractionsoftheelementaryparticles.Thepresentationofmodernmathematicalmethodsisthroughou
3、tinterwovenwithaccountsoftheproblemsofelementaryparticlephysicsandcondensedmatterphysicstowhichtheyhavebeenapplied.Topicsareincludedthatarenotusuallyfoundinbooksonquantumfieldtheory,suchastheBatalin-Vilkoviskyformalismanditsapplicationtorenormalizationandanomaliesinga
4、ugetheories;theback-groundfieldmethod;theeffectivefieldtheoryapproachtosymmetrybreaking;criticalphenomena;andsuperconductivity.Thebookcontainsoriginalmaterial,andispepperedwithexamplesandinsightsfromtheauthor'sexperienceasaleaderofelementaryparticlephysics.Problemsare
5、includedattheendofeachchapter.Thiswillbeaninvaluablereferenceworkforallphysicistsandmathe-maticianswhousequantumfieldtheory,aswellasatextbookappropriatetograduatecoursesonquantumfieldtheory.TheQuantumTheoryofFieldsVolumeIIModernApplicationsPublishedbythePressSyndicate
6、oftheUniversityofCambridgeThePittBuilding,TrumpingtonStreet,CambridgeCB2IRP40West20thStreet,NewYork,NY10011-4211,USA10StamfordRoad,Oakleigh,Melbourne3166,AustraliaCambridgeUniversityPress1996Firstpublished1996PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaAcataloguerecordforthishoo
7、kisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryLibraryofCongresscataloguinginpublicationdataavailableVolumeIISBN0521550417hardbackVolumeiIISBN0521550025hardbackSetoftwovolumesISBN0521585554hardbackTAGContentsSectionsmarkedwithanasteriskaresomewhatoutofthebook'smainlineofdevelopment
8、andmaybeomittedinafirstreading.PREFACETOVOLUMEIIxviiNOTATIONxx15NON-ABELIANGAUGETHEORIES115.1GaugeInvariance2Gaugetransforma