Foundations Of Quantum Chromodynamics: An Introduction To Perturbative Methods In Gauge Theories (2nd Edition)

This volume develops the techniques of pertubative QCD in great pedagogical detail starting with field theory. Aside from treatments of the renormalization group techniques, the operator product expansion and their applications to short-distance relations, it introduces gauge theories.

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This volume develops the techniques of perturbative QCD in great pedagogical detail starting with field theory. Aside from extensive treatments of the renormalization group technique, the operator product expansion formalism and their applications to short-distance reactions, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to gauge theories. Examples and exercises are provided to amplify the discussions on important topics. This is an ideal textbook on the subject of quantum chromodynamics and is essential for researchers and graduate students in high energy physics, nuclear physics and mathematical physics.