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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQC793.3.F5 _bA35 1982
082	0	0	_a530.1/43 _219
100	1		_aAitchison, Ian Johnston Rhind, _d1936- _eauthor.
245	1	3	_aAn informal introduction to gauge field theories / _cIan J.R. Aitchison.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1982.
300			_a1 online resource (ix, 174 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aFour forces are dominant in physics: gravity, electromagnetism and the weak and strong nuclear forces. Quantum electrodynamics - the highly successful theory of the electromagnetic interaction - is a gauge field theory, and it is now believed that the weak and strong forces also can be described by generalizations of this type of theory. In this short book Dr Aitchison gives an introduction to these theories, a knowledge of which is essential in understanding modern particle physics. With the assumption that the reader is already familiar with the rudiments of quantum field theory and Feynman graphs, his aim has been to provide a coherent, self-contained and yet elementary account of the theoretical principles and physical ideas behind gauge field theories.
650		0	_aGauge fields (Physics)
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521245401
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511622625
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