Jan Smit (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

Introduction to Quantum Fields on a Lattice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a concise introduction to quantum fields on a lattice: a precise and non-perturbative definition of quantum field theory obtained by replacing continuous space-time by a discrete set of points on a lattice. This 2002 title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 160mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 428g
• ISBN-13: 9781009402750
• ISBN-10: 1009402757
• Artikelnr.: 68319859

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Path integral and lattice regularisation
3. O(n) models
4. Gauge field on the lattice
5. U(1) and SU(n) gauge theory
6. Fermions on the lattice
7. Low mass hadrons in QCD
8. Chiral symmetry
Appendix 1. SU(n)
Appendix 2. Temporal gauge quantization in the continuum
Appendix 3. Fermionic coherent states
Appendix 4. Spinor fields.