Manu Paranjape

The Theory and Applications of Instanton Calculations

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explains in detail the key concepts, calculations and applications elucidating quantum tunnelling mediated by instantons, using the Feynman path integral.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9781009291231
• ISBN-10: 1009291238
• Artikelnr.: 66277469

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Quantum mechanics and the path integral
3. The symmetric double well
4. Decay of a meta-stable state
5. Quantum field theory and the path integral
6. Decay of the false vacuum
7. Large orders in perturbation theory
8. Quantum electrodynamics in 1+1 dimensions
9. The Polyakov proof of confinement
10. Monopole pair production
11. Quantum chromodynamics (QCD)
12. Instantons, supersymmetry and Morse theory
Appendix A. As aside on 0(4)
Appendix B. Asymptotic analysis
Bibliography
Index.