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Path integral quantization of gauge field theories  

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CONTENT Brief introduction to path integral as solution of diffusion equation. Path integrals in quantum mechanics. Quantization of systems with constraints. Path integrals in quantum field theory; generating functional; Schwinger action principle. Grassmann variables and path integrals for fermionic fields. Path integral quantization in QED. Path integral quantization of non-Abelian gauge field theories; Faddeev-Popov ghosts. Symmetries in functional formalism; Ward-Takahashi identities.

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English

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Path integral quantization of gauge field theories
English

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

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