Preface
Part A INTRODUCTION
1 Introduction
2 Quantum Field Theory
2.1 Quantum Fields
2.1.1 The Free Boson
2.1.2 The Free Fermion
2.2 Path Integrals
2.2.1 System with One Degree of Fredom
2.2.2 Path Integration for Quantum Fields
2.3 Correlation Functions
2.3.1 System with One Degree of Freedom
2.3.2 The Euclidian Formalism
2.3.3 The Generating Functional
2.3.4 Example: The Free Boson
2.3.5 Wick's Theorem
2.4 Symmetries and Conservation Laws
2.4.1 Continuous Symmetry Transformations
2.4.2 Infinitesimal Transformations and Noether's Theorem
2.4.3 Thansformation of the Correlation Functions
2.4.4 Ward Identities
2.5 The Energy-Momentum Tensor
2.5.1 The Belinfante Tensor
2.5.2 Altemate Definition of the Energy-Momentum Tensor
2.A Gaussian Integrals
2.B Grassmann Variables
2.C Tetrads
Exercises
3 Statistical Mechanics
3.1 The Boltzmann Distribution
3.1.1 Classical Statistical Models
3.1.2 Quantum Statistics
3.2 Critical Phenomena
3.2.1 Generalities
3.2.2 Scaling
3.2.3 Broken Symmetry
3.3 The Renormalization Group: Lattice Models
3.3.1 Generalities
3.3.2 The Ising Model on a Triangular Lattice
3.4 The Renormalization Group: Continuum Models
3.4.1 Introduction
3.4.2 Dimensional Analysis
3.4.3 Beyond Dimensional Analysis:The o4 Theory
3.5 The Transfer Matrix
Exercises
Part B FUNDAMENTALS
4 Global Conformal Invariance
4.1 The Conformal Group
4.2 Conformal Inwariance in Classical Field Theory
4.2.1 Representations of the Conformal Group in d Dimensions
