Gauge field theories / Paul H. Frampton. - 01IOWA - University of Iowa
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Frampton's textbook on gauge field theories reveals how the most fundamental forces of nature are secretly just nature's stubborn insistence on symmetry — and the math that enforces it.
Gauge InvarianceQuantum Field TheorySymmetry BreakingStandard Model
Theory Briefing
- Gauge invariance, the book's opening chapter, is the principle that physical laws must remain unchanged under local symmetry transformations — the bedrock of modern physics.
- The text covers how gauge symmetry gives rise to force-carrying particles like photons and gluons, unifying electromagnetism and nuclear forces under one framework.
- Now in its third edition, Frampton's work traces how the Standard Model of particle physics is entirely built on gauge field theory, not experimental guesswork.