Quantum Fields -- From the Hubble to the Planck Scale

Michael Kachelriess is Professor of Physics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. After receiving his PhD from Ruhr University at Bochum in 1996, he held fellowships at Gran Sasso National Laboratory, the University of Valencia, the Theory Division of CERN, and the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich. His research focuses on theoretical astroparticle physics, and he has published widely in this field.

• 1: Classical Mechanics2: Quantum Mechanics3: Free Scalar Field4: Scalar Field with Lambda phi 4 Interaction5: Global Symmetries and Noether's Theorom6: Space-time Symmetries7: Spin-1 and Spin-2 Fields8: Fermions and the Dirac Equation9: Scattering Processes10: Gauge Theories11: Renormalisation I: Perturbation Theory12: Renormalisation II: Improving Perturbation Theory13: Symmetries and Symmetry Breaking14: GSW Model of Electroweak Interactions15: Thermal Field Theory16: Phase Transitions and Topological Defects17: Anomalies, Instantons and Axions18: Hadrons, Partons and QCD19: Gravity as a Gauge Theory20: Cosmological Models for a Homogeneous, Isotropic Universe21: Thermal Relics22: Baryogenesis23: Quantum Fields in Curved Space-Time24: Inflation25: Black Holes26: Cosmological Constant

This book treats two fields of physics that are usually taught separately quantum field theory (QFT) on one side and cosmology and gravitation on the other in a more unified manner. This volume can serve as a textbook for courses in QFT, astroparticle physics and cosmology, and students interested in working at the interface between these fields can certainly appreciate the uncommon approach used.