John M. Cornwall (Los Angeles University of California), Joannis Papavassiliou (Spain Universitat de Valencia), Daniele Binosi (European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear

The Pinch Technique and Its Applications to Non-Abelian Gauge Theories

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Produktbeschreibung

This monograph describes the pinch technique and its evolution from simple one-loop beginnings to a systematic method at all orders of perturbation theory and then to fully gauge-invariant Schwingerà â â Dyson equations, leading to its many applications. This 2011 title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Revised ed
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781009402439
• ISBN-10: 1009402439
• Artikelnr.: 68319741

Autorenporträt

John M. Cornwall is Distinguished Professor of Physics Emeritus in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles. Inventor of the pinch technique, he has made many other contributions to the formalism and applications of quantum field theory, as well as to space plasma physics. He has contributed to the technical analysis of many public policy issues, ranging from ballistic missile defense to the human genome.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. The pinch technique at one loop; 2. Advanced pinch technique
still one loop; 3. Pinch technique to all orders; 4. The pinch technique in the Batalin
Vilkovisky framework; 5. The gauge technique; 6. Schwinger
Dyson equations in the pinch technique framework; 7. Non-perturbative gluon mass and quantum solitons; 8. Nexuses, sphalerons, and fractional topological charge; 9. A brief summary of d=3 NAGTs; 10. The pinch technique for electroweak theory; 11. Other applications of the pinch technique; Appendix; Index.