Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2004. – 635 pages.
Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory are among the most challenging and beautiful subjects in Physics. From their study we explain how states decay, can predict the existence of antimatter, lea about the origin of forces, and make the connection between spin and statistics, All of these are great developments which all physicists should know but it is a real challenge to lea them for the first time.
This book grew out of my struggle to understand these topics and to teach them to second year graduate students. It began with notes I prepared for my personal use and later shared with my students. In short, the goal was to produce a book which begins at the beginning, goes to the end, and is easy to read along the way.
Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory are among the most challenging and beautiful subjects in Physics. From their study we explain how states decay, can predict the existence of antimatter, lea about the origin of forces, and make the connection between spin and statistics, All of these are great developments which all physicists should know but it is a real challenge to lea them for the first time.
This book grew out of my struggle to understand these topics and to teach them to second year graduate students. It began with notes I prepared for my personal use and later shared with my students. In short, the goal was to produce a book which begins at the beginning, goes to the end, and is easy to read along the way.