The Quantum Theory of Fields, Volume 3: Supersymmetry

You need this on your physics shelf.

Excellent book

Finding good introductions to supersymmetry can be difficult. Most introductions concentrate on N=1 supersymmetry in four dimensions, and there the superfield forumlation can be useful. However, when you go to N=2 supersymmetry (e.g. when considering theories in five or more dimensions), component fields can be better. Many times it's a matter of taste. For those cases, you have to go to review articles. Anyway, Weinberg concentrates on N=1 4D supersymmetry and supergravity using the superfield formalism. However, he ventures into the N=2 strong-weak coupling results of Seiberg and Witten, which are now a fundamental part of (supersymmetric) field theory. The text is, as the previous volumes are, a fantastic resource for learning the subject, and as a reference (for things like gravity- and gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking, as well as the minimal supersymmetric standard model, which are open areas of reserach). As for all modern areas of research, the body of knowledge is stacked higher every year; but the topics covered here stand as solid fundamentals of supersymmetry. For more advanced topics, one is forced to go to the recent literature.

If the two first volumes of "The Quantum Theory of Fields" were considered masterpieces in a modern and original presentation of the basics of quantum field theory and its penetration in the recent development of particle physics, with the machinery of spontaneously broken gauge theories, the new volume embraces the wide subject of supersymmetry in Weinberg's typical style, which always means a self-contained treatment of the subject, from its foundations and motivations, to its most recent application as a possible scenario for new physics beyond the Standard Model. A complete review is published in CERN Courier, May 2000

satisfactory

Only recommended if one has a working knowledge of quantum field theory. A Ph D degree or advanced graduate students in theoretical physics is a minimum requirement for this book. I recommend that one works thru the first two volumes of the author’s series first.

The whole current production run of this book has a defect. A glue is bleeding through on the inside of the hard cover fold, front and back. This does not seem to affect the structural quality of the book and is not visible from the outside. If you need this book and get it with this defect, don't bother trying to exchange it.

この本はかの有名なノーベル賞物理学者Weinbergによるsupersymmetry（SUSY）についてのものである。 SUSYの本といえばWess-Baggerが有名だが、Wess-Baggerはnotationのreferenceとしてよく用いられるが、代数的なことばかりが書いてあるだけで、あまり物理的なこと、特に現象論的なことがほとんど書いていない。 それに引き換え、この本ではSUSYの代数的なことのみならず、現象論的なこと、例えばgauge-mediation supersymmety breakingやgravity-mediation supersymmetry breakingといった通常のSUSYの教科書には書かれていないことが書かれている。 また、Weinbergの本に特有の彼独自の一流の物理的観点による議論もこの本の価値を高めている。 ただ、この本では2-component表記ではなく4-component表記であり、notationも通常使われているものとかなり違うのでそこが若干難点か。 しかし、それを補って余りあるほどすばらしい本であることは間違いない。

This is not a book that I feel entitled to review, as far as the content should be considered. It is very specialistic, since it deals with Supersymmetry, a kind of Quantum Field Theory which is still speculative and may still end up being not representative of the real world. Weinberg with this volume completes a series, after Foundations and Modern Applications; it leaves one wondering whether SUSY is truly in Weinberg's opinion a realistic theory, or he just felt he had to arrange somehow a trilogy. As usual Amazon service was impeccable.

If the two first volumes of "The Quantum Theory of Fields" were considered masterpieces in a modern and original presentation of the basics of quantum field theory and its penetration in the recent development of particle physics, with the machinery of spontaneously broken gauge theories, the new volume embraces the wide subject of supersymmetry in Weinberg's typical style, which always means a self-contained treatment of the subject, from its foundations and motivations, to its most recent application as a possible scenario for new physics beyond the Standard Model. A complete review is published in CERN Courier, May 2000

Venía maltratado de una esquina. Supongo que es por el proceso de importación, pero deberían tener más cuidado. Aún así ya me lo quedaré.

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