Walter Dittrich, Martin Reuter

Selected Topics in Gauge Theories

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Classical Yang-mills theory.- Path integral quantization of gauge theories.- Background field methods.- Instantons and ?-Vacua.- Schwinger model (QED)2.- Chiral anomaly in (QCD)2.- Fujikawa's path integral method.- Chiral anomaly in the Schwinger-Symanzik formalism.- Anomalous ward identities ¿a Wess-Zumino.- Topological aspects of the Wess-Zumino effective action.- Topological baryon number and the Skyrme model.- The Atiyah-Singer index theorem (for the Euclidean Dirac operator).- Chiral anomalies and differential geometry.- Effective gauge theory actions in (2n + 1) dimensions.- Chiral anomaly with gravitational background field.- Vacuum charge in 2n + 1 dimensions.

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Produktdetails

• Lecture Notes in Physics .244
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-540-16064-9
• 1986
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1986
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9783540160649
• ISBN-10: 3540160647
• Artikelnr.: 40757265

Inhaltsangabe

Classical Yang-mills theory.- Path integral quantization of gauge theories.- Background field methods.- Instantons and ?-Vacua.- Schwinger model (QED)2.- Chiral anomaly in (QCD)2.- Fujikawa's path integral method.- Chiral anomaly in the Schwinger-Symanzik formalism.- Anomalous ward identities à la Wess-Zumino.- Topological aspects of the Wess-Zumino effective action.- Topological baryon number and the Skyrme model.- The Atiyah-Singer index theorem (for the Euclidean Dirac operator).- Chiral anomalies and differential geometry.- Effective gauge theory actions in (2n + 1) dimensions.- Chiral anomaly with gravitational background field.- Vacuum charge in 2n + 1 dimensions.