{"product_id":"quarks-leptons-and-gauge-fields-2nd-edition","title":"Quarks, Leptons \u0026 Gauge Fields","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Quarks, Leptons \u0026amp; Gauge Fields\" by Kerson Huang is a astronomy book and space science reference focused on Cosmology. Best for students, researchers, and serious astronomy enthusiasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is perhaps the most up-to-date book on Modern Elementary Particle Physics. The main content is an introduction to Yang-Mills fields, and the Standard Model of Particle Physics. A concise introduction to quarks is provided, with a discussion of the representations of SU(3).The Standard Model is presented in detail, including such topics as the Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix, chiral symmetry breaking, and the ?-vacuum. Theoretical topics of a more general nature include path integrals, topological solitons, renormalization group, effective potentials, the axial anomaly, and lattice gauge theory.This second edition, which has been expanded, incorporates the following new subjects: Wilson's renormalization scheme, and its relation to perturbative renormalization; pitfalls in quantizing gauge fields, such as the Gribov ambiguity; the lattice as a consistent regularization; Monte Carlo methods of solution; and the issues, folklores, and scenarios of quark confinement. More than a quarter of the book comprise of new materials.This book may be used as a text for a one-semester course on advanced quantum field theory, or reference book for particle physicists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Scientific","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46422303834311,"sku":"1-99-539-001813","price":119.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/9575\/6487\/files\/9789810206598.jpg?v=1776399735","url":"https:\/\/snowflakeskies.com\/products\/quarks-leptons-and-gauge-fields-2nd-edition","provider":"Snowflake Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}