Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory Franz Gross
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Physics itself is riven by the competing frameworks of quantum theory and general relativity, whose differing descriptions of our world eerily mirror the wave-particle tension. Special relativity is not a problem. Other fields are more balkanized than physics is. (Phys.org) —Quantum electrodynamics (QED) – the relativistic quantum field theory of electrodynamics – describes how light and matter interact – achieves full agreement between quantum mechanics and special relativity. In trying to resolve the stubborn dualities of their field, physicists create ever more mind-boggling versions of reality. (The core also provides a route to more advanced work in which the “big 4″ are further condensed to relativistic quantum field theory + GR. This books aims at filling a gap between the basics courses of classical and quantum mechanics and advanced courses of (relativistic) quantum mechanics and field theory. He returned to the Soviet Union to create one of the most rigorous theoretical physics schools in the world. When it comes to the very big and the extremely small, physical reality appears to be not one thing, but two. There is this thing called “relativistic quantum mechanics” (actually, it's a simplistic view on the more elaborate thing called “quantum field theory”), which takes special relativity into account. Most theories in modern particle physics are formulated as relativistic quantum field theories, such as quantum electrodynamics (QED), quantum chromodynamics (QCD), and the Standard Model.