Table of Contents

INTRODUCTORY SURVEY, ELECTROMAGNETISM AS A GAUGE THEORY, AND RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM MECHANICS
Quarks and Leptons
Particle Interactions in the Standard Mode
Electromagnetism as a Gauge Theory
Relativistic Quantum Mechanics

INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
Quantum Field Theory I
Quantum Field Theory II: Interacting Scalar Fields
Quantum Field Theory III: Complex Scalar Fields, Dirac and Maxwell Fields
Introduction of Electromagnetism

TREE-LEVEL APPLICATIONS IN QED
Elementary Processes in Scalara and Spinor Electrodynamics
Deep Inelastic Electron-Nucleon Scattering and the Quark Parton Model

LOOPS AND RENORMALIZATION
Higher Order Processes and Renormalisation I: The ABC Theory
Loops and Renormalization II: QED

Appendix A: Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
Appendix B: Natural Units
Appendix C: Maxwell's Equations: Choice of Units
Appendix D: Special Relativity: Invariance and Covariance
Appendix E: Dirac Function
Appendix F: Contour Integration
Appendix G: Green Functions
Appendix H: Elements of Non-Relativistic Scattering Theory
Appendix I: The Schrödinger and Heisenberg Pictures
Appendix J: Dirac Algebra and Trace Identities
Appendix K: Example of a Cross Section Calculation
Appendix L: Feynman Rules for Tree Graphs in QED

References
Index

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