Marcos Marino (Universite de Geneve)

Instantons and Large N

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This highly pedagogical textbook for graduate students explores advanced topics of quantum field theory focusing on instantons and large N. Including detailed mathematical derivations, worked examples and applications throughout, this instructional text delivers an in-depth overview of established results, providing students with the necessary tools to start research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 814g
• ISBN-13: 9781107068520
• ISBN-10: 1107068525
• Artikelnr.: 42695452

Autorenporträt

Marcos Mariño is Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics at the University of Geneva where his research interests include string theory, mathematical physics and non-perturbative methods in quantum field theory.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Instantons: 1. Instantons in quantum mechanics
2. Unstable vacua in quantum field theory
3. Large order behavior and Borel summability
4. Non-perturbative aspects of Yang-Mills theories
5. Instantons and fermions
Part II. Large N: 6. Sigma models at large N
7. The 1=N expansion in QCD
8. Matrix models and matrix quantum mechanics at large N
9. Large N QCD in two dimensions
10. Instantons at large N
Appendix A. Harmonic analysis on S3
Appendix B. Heat kernel and zeta functions
Appendix C. Effective action for large N sigma models
References
Author index
Subject index.