TY - BOOK AU - Pokorski,Stefan TI - Gauge field theories SN - 0521478162 (paperback) U1 - 530.143501 PY - 2000/// CY - Cambridge, U.K., New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Gauge fields (Physics) KW - Quantum field theory KW - Quantum chromodynamics KW - Symmetry (Physics) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-604) and index; 1. Classical fields, symmetries and their breaking 2. Path integral formulation of quantum field theory 3. Feynman rules for Yang-Mills theories 4. Introduction to the theory of renormalization 5. Quantum electrodynamics 6. Renormalization group 7. Scale invariance and operator product expansion 8. Quantum chromodynamics 9. Chiral symmetry, spontaneous symmetry breaking 10. Spontaneous and explicit global symmetry breaking 11. Higgs mechanisms in gauge theories 12. Standard electroweak theory 13. Chiral anomalies 14. Effective lagrangians 15. Introduction to supersymmetry ER -