PREFACE
NOTATION
1 HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
1.1 Relativistic Wave Mechanics
1.2 The Birth of Quantum Field Theory
1.3 The Problem of Infinities
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References
2 RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM MECHANICS
2.1 Quantum Mechanics
2.2 Symmetries
2.3 Quantum Lorentz Transformations
2.4 The Poincare Algebra
2.5 One-Particle States
2.6 Space Inversion and Time-Reversal
2.7 Projective Representations
Appendix A The Symmetry Representation Theorem
Appendix B Group Operators and Homotopy Classes
Appendix C In,rersions and Degenerate Multiplets
Problems
References
3 SCATTERING THEORY
3.1 'In' and 'Out' States
3.2 The S-matrix
3.3 Symmetries of the S-Matrix
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4 THE CLUSTER DECOMPOSITION PRINCIPLE
5 QUANTUM FIELDS AND ANTIPARTICLES
6 THE FEYNMAN RULES
7 THE CANONICAL FORMALISM
8 ELECTRODYNAMICS
9 PATH-INTEGRAL METHODS
10 NON-PERTURBATIVE METHODS
11 ONE-LOOP RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS IN QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
13 INFRARED EFFECTS
14 BOUND STATES IN EXTERNAL FIELDS
AUTHOR INDEX
SUBJECT INDEX
OUTLINE OF VOLUME 2