Yitzhak Frishman (Israel Weizmann Institute of Science), Jacob Sonnenschein (Tel-Aviv University)

Non-Perturbative Field Theory

From Two Dimensional Conformal Field Theory to QCD in Four Dimensions

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Providing a new perspective on quantum field theory, this book is useful for graduate students and researchers within and outside the field. It describes non-perturbative methods, and explores two-dimensional and four-dimensional gauge dynamics using those methods. Applications are thoroughly described.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 183mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 964g
• ISBN-13: 9780521662659
• Artikelnr.: 33236498

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I. Non-Perturbative Methods in Two Dimensional Field Theory: 1. From massless free scalar field to conformal field theories
2. Conformal field theory
3. Theories invariant under affine current algebras
4. Wess-Zumino-Witten model and Coset models
5. Solitons and two dimensional integrable models
6. Bosonization
7. The large N limit of two dimensional models
Part II. Two Dimensional Non-Perturbative Gauge Dynamics: 8. Gauge theories in two dimensions - basics
9. Bosonized gauge theories
10. The t'Hooft solution of 2d QCD
11. Mesonic spectrum from current algebra
12. DLCQ and the spectra of QC with fundamental and adjoint fermions
13. The baryonic spectrum of multiflavour QCD2 in the strong coupling limit
14. Confinement versus screening
15. QCD2, Coset models and BRST quantization
16. Generalized Yang Mills theory on Riemann surface
Part III. From Two to Four Dimensions: 17. Conformal invariance in four dimensional field theories and in QCD
18. Integrability in four dimensional gauge dynamics
19. Large N methods in QCD4
20. From 2d bosonized baryons to 4d skyrmions
21. From two dimensional solitons to four dimensional magnetic monopoles
22. Instantons of QCD
23. Summary, conclusions and outlook
References
Index.