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- Highlights the principle of stationary action as common starting point of classical and quantum mechanics
- Contains numerous detailed examples
- Includes new chapters on quantum electrodynamics, high energy physics, Green’s functions and strong interaction
Part of the book series: Graduate Texts in Physics (GTP)
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Table of contents (38 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This new edition has been revised and enlarged with chapters on quantum electrodynamics, high energy physics, Green’s functions and strong interaction.
"This book is a brilliant exposition of dynamical systems covering the essential aspects and written in an elegant manner. The book is written in modern language of mathematics and will ideally cater to the requirements of graduate and first year Ph.D. students...a wonderful introduction to any student who wants to do research in any branch of theoretical Physics." (Indian Journal of Physics)
Keywords
- Action Angle Variable
- Adiabatic Invariance Physics
- Berry's Phase
- Canonical Perturbation Theory
- Hamilton Jacobi Equation
- Introduction to Classical and Quantum Field Theory
- Path Integral Physics
- Schwinger Action Principle
- Textbook Classical Dynamics
- Textbook Quantum Dynamics
- Textbook Quantum Mechanics
- Topology Quantum Mechanics
Reviews
“This is the fourth edition of a highly successful pedagogical book that combines classical and quantum dynamics, often viewed as disjoint subjects. … Its elementary exposition makes the book accessible to graduate students.” (Gert Roepstorff, zbMATH 1330.81001, 2016)
Authors and Affiliations
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Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Walter Dittrich
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Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Martin Reuter
About the authors
Prof. Dr. Walter Dittrich had been head of the quantum electrodynamics group at the University of Tübingen. He started his work on gauge theories and QED in collaboration with Julian Schwinger. Walter Dittrich has worked for more than 20 years in cooperation with the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton and the National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford (SLAC). He has over 30 years of teaching experience and is one of the key scientists in developing the theoretical framework of quantum electrodynamics.
Prof. Dr. Martin Reuter is head of the quantum Einstein gravity group at the Institute for High Energy Physics of the University Mainz. His research focuses on particle physics, quantum field theory and quantum Einstein gravity. He worked in close collaboration with the synchrotron facility DESY and the large hadron collider collaborations at CERN. He has more than 30 years of teaching experience in theoretical physics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Classical and Quantum Dynamics
Book Subtitle: From Classical Paths to Path Integrals
Authors: Walter Dittrich, Martin Reuter
Series Title: Graduate Texts in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21677-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30755-8Published: 08 October 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-21677-5Published: 08 October 2015
Series ISSN: 1868-4513
Series E-ISSN: 1868-4521
Edition Number: 4
Number of Pages: XIV, 461
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Quantum Physics, Classical and Continuum Physics, Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences, Particle and Nuclear Physics