In the past few decades many attempts have been made to search for a consistent formulation of quantum field theory beyond perturbation theory. One of the most interesting examples is the Seiberg-Witten ansatz for the N=2 SUSY supersymmetric Yang-Mills gauge theories in four dim…
Gauge theory of elementary particle physics
by Cheng, Ta-Pei, Li, Ling-Fong
fromOxford science publications
This is a practical introduction to the principal ideas in gauge theory and their applications to elementary particle physics. It explains technique and methodology with simple exposition backed up by many illustrative examples. Derivations, some of well known results, are prese…
"This book provides a simple, but mathematically rigorous, introduction to perturbative renormalization. It can be read by students from the third year on and will lead them to a level where they can start reading the current research literature. The book gives a thorough introd…
"The approach to quantum field theory in this book is part way between building a mathematical model of the subject and presenting the mathematics that physicists actually use." "This book should be a useful reference for anybody with interests in quantum theory and related area…
Filling an important gap in the literature, this comprehensive text develops conformal field theory from first principles. The treatment is self-contained, pedagogical, and exhaustive, and includes a great deal of background material on quantum field theory, statistical mechanic…
Quantum topology
by Kauffman, Louis H., Baadhio, Randy A.
fromK & E Series on Knots and Everything