Advanced Quantum Theory and Its Applications Through Feynman Diagram
For the past five years, my editor at Springer-Verlag has asked me to write a second edition of this text that would incorporate new material on the quark model. Because this is a subject at the forefront of modern physics, whose central ideas are perpetu
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Monographs in Physics
W. Beiglbock
R.P. Geroch
E.H. Lieb
T. Regge
W. Thirriog Series Editors
Michael D. Scadron
Advanced Quantum Theory and Its Applications Through Feynman Diagrams
Second Edition
With 85 Illustrations
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York London Paris Tokyo Hong Kong Barcelona Budapest
Professor Michael D. Scadron Department of Physics University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 USA Series Editors Wolf Beiglback
Robert P. Geroch
Elliott H. Lieb
Institut fiir Angewandte Mathematik Universitat Heidelberg D-6900 Heidelberg 1 Germany
Department of Physics University of Chicago Chicago, IL 60637 USA
Jadwin Hall Princeton University P.O. Box 708 Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
Tullio Regge
Walter Thirring
Istituto de Fisica Teorica Universita di Torino 1-10125 Torino Italy
Institut fUr Theoretische Physik der Universitiit Wien A-1090 Wien Austria
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Scadron, Michael D. 2nd ed. Advanced quantum theory and its applications through Feynman diagrams. (Texts and monographs in physics) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Quantum theory. 2. Feynman diagrams. I. Title. QCI74.12.S3 530.1'2 91-10273 Printed on acid-free paper.
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Preface to the Second Edition
For the past five years, my editor at Springer-Verlag has asked me to write a second edition of this text that would incorporate new material on the quark model. Because this is a subject at the forefront of modern physics, whose central ideas are perpetually in flux, such an addition is not a simple task. Nevertheless, I have tried to discuss quark model topics that should stand the test of time and be of interest to introductory advanced quantum mechanics students as examples of the Feynman diagram technique. I have also tried to eliminate errors made in the first edition. I appreciate the work of R. Miller, who graciously typed the additional material. My colleagues V. Elias, T. Hakioglu, S. Kocic
