Particles, sources, and fields

Julian Schwinger0738200530, 9780738200538, 9781429485876, 0738200549, 0738200557

Presents techniques that emphasize the unity of high-energy particle physics with electrodynamics, gravitational theory, & many-particle cooperative phenomena, (First of 3 volumes). Paper.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 14
1-1 Unitary Transformations……Page 20
1-2 Galilean Relativity……Page 26
1-3 Einsteinian Relativity……Page 34
1-4 Critique of Particle Theories……Page 43
2. Sources……Page 56
2-1 Spin 0 Particles. Weak Source……Page 57
2-2 Spin 0 Particles. Strong Source……Page 69
2-3 Spin 1 Particles. The Photon……Page 86
2-4 Spin 2 Particles. The Graviton……Page 97
2-5 Particles with Arbitrary Integer Spin……Page 104
2-6 Spin 1/2 Particles. Fermi-Dirac Statistics……Page 118
2-7 More About Spin 1/2 Particles. Neutrinos……Page 133
2-8 Particles of Integer + 1/2 Spin……Page 146
2-9 Unification of All Spins and Statistics……Page 153
3-1 The Field Concept. Spin 0 Particles……Page 164
3-2 The Field Concept. Spin 1/2 Particles……Page 176
3-3 Some Other Spin Values……Page 183
3-4 Multispinor Fields……Page 196
3-5 Action……Page 205
3-6 Invariance Transformations and Fluxes. Charge……Page 218
3-7 Invariance Transformations and Fluxes. Mechanical Properties……Page 228
3-8 The Electromagnetic Field. Magnetic Charge……Page 246
3-9 Charge Quantization. Mass Normalization……Page 258
3-10 Primitive EIectromagnetic Interactions and Source Models……Page 273
3-11 Extended Sources. Soft Photons……Page 284
3-12 Interaction Skeleton. Scattering Cross Sections……Page 296
3-13 Spin 1/2 Processes……Page 319
3-14 Sources as Scatterers……Page 339
3-15 H-Particles……Page 363
3-16 Instability and Multiparticle Exchange……Page 379
3-17 The Gravitational Field……Page 397
Appendix: How to Read Volume I……Page 426
A……Page 428
C……Page 429
D……Page 431
E……Page 432
F……Page 433
G……Page 434
J……Page 435
M……Page 436
P……Page 437
S……Page 439
T……Page 443
W……Page 444