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Quantum Fields and Processes: A Combinatorial Approach: Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics

Autor John Gough, Joachim Kupsch
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 apr 2018
Wick ordering of creation and annihilation operators is of fundamental importance for computing averages and correlations in quantum field theory and, by extension, in the Hudson–Parthasarathy theory of quantum stochastic processes, quantum mechanics, stochastic processes, and probability. This book develops the unified combinatorial framework behind these examples, starting with the simplest mathematically, and working up to the Fock space setting for quantum fields. Emphasizing ideas from combinatorics such as the role of lattice of partitions for multiple stochastic integrals by Wallstrom–Rota and combinatorial species by Joyal, it presents insights coming from quantum probability. It also introduces a 'field calculus' which acts as a succinct alternative to standard Feynman diagrams and formulates quantum field theory (cumulant moments, Dyson–Schwinger equation, tree expansions, 1-particle irreducibility) in this language. Featuring many worked examples, the book is aimed at mathematical physicists, quantum field theorists, and probabilists, including graduate and advanced undergraduate students.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108416764
ISBN-10: 1108416764
Pagini: 338
Dimensiuni: 155 x 234 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface; Notation; 1. Introduction to combinatorics; 2. Probabilistic Moments and Cumulants; 3. Quantum probability; 4. Quantum fields; 5. Combinatorial species; 6. Combinatorial aspects of quantum fields: Feynman diagrams; 7. Entropy, large deviations and legendre transforms; 8. Introduction to Fock spaces; 9. Operators and fields on the Boson Fock space; 10. L2-representations of the Boson Fock space; 11. Local fields on the Boson Fock space: free fields; 12. Local fields on the Boson Fock space: interacting fields; 13. Quantum stochastic calculus; 14. Quantum stochastic limits; Bibliography; Index.

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'This book offers an excellent account of the probabilistic aspects of quantum theory, focused on the interplay between quantum field theory and quantum stochastic calculus. The text is highly accessible thanks to the careful choice of topics and the systematic use of elegant combinatorial and algebraic methods. This makes the book suitable for graduate level teaching and self-study. I highly recommend it as a timely addition to the classical literature on quantum probability.' Madalin Guta, University of Nottingham

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Do quantum field theory without Feynman diagrams! Use the combinatorics behind cumulants, correlations, Green's functions and quantum fields.