No comments about Modulational Interactions in Plasmas (Astrophysics and Space Science Library).

No comments about Atomic Structure Theory: Lectures on Atomic Physics.

No comments about Molecular Aggregation: Structure Analysis and Molecular Simulation of Crystals and Liquids (International Union of Crystallography Monographs on Crystallography).

1 comments about Quantum Field Theory and Critical Phenomena (The International Series of Monographs on Physics, 113).

1. This book is a lengthy discussion of quantum field theory from the viewpoint of statistical mechanics. The author does a good job in connecting the theory of quantum fields with critical phenomena in statistical mechanics. Path integration is used throughout (more detailed discussion could be useful on how one relates the real time formulation for time independent Hamiltonians to the Euclidean formulation). It is the Euclidean functional integral that is exploited throughout the book to make the connections between QFT and statistical mechanics.The author should have discussed the issues with analytical continuation between the real time and imaginary time formulations. The discussion on instantons was very illuminating. -LC (Global Mathematics, Inc)

No comments about Feynman Integral Calculus.

1 comments about Atomic Physics: An Exploration through Problems and Solutions.

1. This book has most useful practical problem sets about atomic physics. All the problems are related to real experiments. One can learn both theories and experimental methods from them. Most importantly, this book provides lots of useful "numbers" that a physicists should memorize.
   
   For physics graduate students, reading this book is a good way to review what you have learned in quantum mechanics class and to prepare for prelim qualifying exams.

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2 comments about Electroweak Interactions: An Introduction to the Physics of Quarks and Leptons.

1. This book is not really suitable for use as a University course textbook on "Electroweak Interactions", although the treatment of W and Z particles is here, because the parts dealing with electroweak interactions are scattered loosely through the book in Sections 5.4, 6.3, 8.9 etc.

   Where this book really shines is in it's global treatement of all quantum mechanics. I particularly like Chapter 2 (the building blocks of quantum field theory) which touches on topics as diverse as the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, group theory, classical electromagnetism, and resonance particles; and Chapter 10 (the standard model and beyond) which touches on grand unified theories, supersymmetry and superstrings. Another highlight is Section 9.3 which describes neutrino oscillations. This book contains information on all the major particles, all the major equations for spin 0, 1/2 & 1 particles, Feynman rules for interactions, quantum electrodynamics and quantum chromodynamics as well as the "electroweak" of the title.

   I compared this book with 3 other good books on advanced quantum mechanics and this one was by far the most comprehensive.




2. I think Renton has written a fine book, but I dont think it's a good text. Perhaps it's just me, but look at SU(3) and SU(4) sections and try to derive the 3*3=8+1 (for su3) or 4*4=15+1 (for su4) from what he's written. It wasnt until i read the better part of georgi that I 'understood'...the other introductory parts suffer from the same problem (like calculating cross sections before the chapter on calculating the S-matrix). That being said I think that starting at chapter 5 he does an excellent job. I would recommend a knowledge of quantum field theory (just enough to calculate cross sections w/o loops) and a knowledge of semi-simple lie algebras in particle physics to appreciate this book. So in all, excellent where it's good, but poor pedagogy for a serious part of the text.

2 comments about Introduction to High-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions.

1. There are not many books on relativistic heavy ion collisions and this is a very good one among them. It covers a lot of stuff with details, although not very deeply. You can learn the basic concepts in heavy ion physics from this book. A lot of thoroughly worked examples will help you understand. The context is easy to understand. But it's somehow outdated because new experiments and theories haver emerged since its published year (1994). Many new signatures for QGP should be covered if there would be a new edition.



2. This is a very nice introductory text for those interested on accelerator high-energy nuclear and particle physics. The chapters dealing with Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) theory may be somewhat obsolete, but their main ideas are a good start on the QGP discussion. And all the previous chapters, like "2D-QED", "kinematical variables", etc., are still updated and the way the author wrote them is a really good approach.

No comments about Atoms, Electrons, and Change: A Scientific American Library Book (Scientific American Library).