PCT, Spin and Statistics, and All That (eBook)

Raymond F. Streater, Arthur S. Wightman (Autoren)

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2016
224 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8423-0 (ISBN)

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Raymond F. Streater is Professor of Applied Mathematics at King's College London. Arthur S. Wightman is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Princeton University.

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PCT, Spin and Statistics, and All That is the classic summary of and introduction to the achievements of Axiomatic Quantum Field Theory. This theory gives precise mathematical responses to questions like: What is a quantized field? What are the physically indispensable attributes of a quantized field? Furthermore, Axiomatic Field Theory shows that a number of physically important predictions of quantum field theory are mathematical consequences of the axioms. Here Raymond Streater and Arthur Wightman treat only results that can be rigorously proved, and these are presented in an elegant style that makes them available to a broad range of physics and theoretical mathematics.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.8.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Landmarks in Mathematics and Physics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Landmarks in Mathematics and Physics
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
• Schlagworte: analytic continuation • Antiunitary operator • asymptotic analysis • automorphism • Axiom • Axiomatic quantum field theory • baryon number • Boundary value problem • bounded operator • Bounded set (topological vector space) • Canonical commutation relation • Cauchy principal value • Cauchy Sequence • Cauchy's Integral Formula • Change of variables • Cluster decomposition theorem • coefficient • Collision theory • commutative property • commutator • Complete theory • Complex Analysis • Complex conjugate • complex number • Continuous function (set theory) • Correlation function (quantum field theory) • Degrees of freedom (statistics) • dot product • Eigenfunction • Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors • elementary particle • existential quantification • Expectation value (quantum mechanics) • exponential function • Fermion • Gauge Theory • Haag's theorem • Heisenberg picture • hilbert space • holomorphic function • Imaginary Time • Infimum and supremum • integral equation • Irreducibility (mathematics) • irreducible representation • Lagrangian (field theory) • Laplace transform • Lorentz covariance • Lorentz Group • Lorentz transformation • Monomial • Observable • parametrization • Permutation • permutation group • Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) • Physics • Point particle • polynomial • power series • Prime number • Projection (linear algebra) • Pseudoscalar • quantum field theory • quantum mechanics • quantum superposition • Relativistic Quantum Mechanics • renormalization • Scalar Field • Scalar meson • Scalar (physics) • Schwinger function • scientific notation • Self-adjoint operator • Set (mathematics) • Sign (mathematics) • Sine-Gordon Equation • Soliton • Special case • Spinor • Spinor field • Spin representation • Statistical Mechanics • Statistics • Subset • superposition principle • symmetry breaking • Symmetry in Quantum Mechanics • Symmetry operation • tensor product • Theorem • theoretical physics • theory • Thirring model • Two-sided Laplace transform • unbounded operator • Unitary Operator • Vacuum expectation value • Variable (mathematics) • Virtual particle
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8423-3 / 1400884233
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8423-0 / 9781400884230