First pbk. print., with revised pref. and corrections.
Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2000.
1 online resource (viii, 207 pages) :
illustrations
Princeton landmarks in physics
"Originally published in 1964 as part of the Mathematical physics monograph series, by W.A. Benjamin, Inc."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface ; Chapter 1. Relativistic Transformation Laws ; 1-1. Super-Selection Rules ; 1-2. Symmetry Operations ; 1-3. The Lorentz and Poincaré Groups ; 1-4. Relativistic Transformation Laws of States ; Bibliography ; Chapter 2. Some Mathematical Tools.
2-1. Definition of Distribution 2-2. Fourier Transforms ; 2-3. Laplace Transforms and Holomorphic Functions ; 2-4. Tubes and Extended Tubes ; 2-5. The Edge of the Wedge Theorem ; 2-6. Hilbert Space ; Bibliography ; Chapter 3. Fields and Vacuum Expectation Values.
3-1. Axioms for the Notions of Field and Field Theory 3-2. Independence and Compatibility of the Axioms ; 3-3. Properties of the Vacuum Expectation Values ; 3-4. The Reconstruction Theorem: Recovery of a Theory from its Vacuum Expectation Values ; 3-5. Symmetries in a Field Theory.
4-6. Equivalence Classes of Local Fields (Borchers Classes) Bibliography ; Appendix ; Constructive Quantum Field Theory and the Existence of Non-Trivial Theories of Interacting Fields ; Local Algebras and Superselection Sectors ; Bibliography ; Index.