Non-perturbative field theory from two-dimensional conformal field theory to QCD in four dimensions
Providing a new perspective on quantum field theory, this book gives a pedagogical and up-to-date exposition of non-perturbative methods in relativistic quantum field theory and introduces the reader to modern research work in theoretical physics. It describes in detail non-perturbative methods in q...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2010
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| Series: | Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Non-perturbative methods in two-dimensional field theory
- From massless free scalar field to conformal field
- Conformal field theory
- Theories invariant under affine current algebras
- Wess-Zumino-Witten model and coset models
- Solitons and two-dimensional integrable models
- Bosonization
- The large N limit of two-dimensional models
- pt. 2. Two-dimensional non-perturbative gauge dynamics
- Gauge theories in two dimensions: basics
- Bosonized gauge theories
- The 't Hooft solution on 2d QCD
- Mesonic spectrum from current algebra
- DLCQ and the spectra of QCD with fundamental and adjoint fermions
- The baryonic spectrum of multiflavor QCD₂ in the strong coupling limit
- Confinement versus screening
- QCD₂, coset models and BRST quantization
- Generalized Yang-Mills theory on a Riemann surface
- pt. 3. From two to four dimensions
- Conformal invariance in four-dimensional field theories and in QCD
- Integrability in four-dimensional gauge dinamics
- Large N methods in QCD₄
- From 2d bosonized baryons to 4d Skyrmions
- From two-dimensional solitons to four-dimensional magnetic monopoles
- Instantons of QCD
- Summary, conclusions and outlook