This book gives a pedagogical exposition of non-perturbative methods in relativistic quantum field theory and introduces the reader to modern research in theoretical physics. Aimed at graduate students and researchers, this 2010 title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.
This book gives a pedagogical exposition of non-perturbative methods in relativistic quantum field theory and introduces the reader to modern research in theoretical physics. Aimed at graduate students and researchers, this 2010 title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.
Yitzhak Frishman is a Professor Emeritus at the Weizmann Institute, Israel, where he has served as Head of the Einstein Centre for Theoretical Physics and Head of the Department of Particle Physics.
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Preface Acknowledgements Part I. Non-Perturbative Methods in Two Dimensional Field Theory: 1. From massless free scalar field to conformal field theories 2. Conformal field theory 3. Theories invariant under affine current algebras 4. Wess-Zumino-Witten model and Coset models 5. Solitons and two dimensional integrable models 6. Bosonization 7. The large N limit of two dimensional models Part II. Two Dimensional Non-Perturbative Gauge Dynamics: 8. Gauge theories in two dimensions ¿ basics 9. Bosonized gauge theories 10. The t'Hooft solution of 2d QCD 11. Mesonic spectrum from current algebra 12. DLCQ and the spectra of QC with fundamental and adjoint fermions 13. The baryonic spectrum of multiflavour QCD2 in the strong coupling limit 14. Confinement versus screening 15. QCD2, Coset models and BRST quantization 16. Generalized Yang Mills theory on Riemann surface Part III. From Two to Four Dimensions: 17. Conformal invariance in four dimensional field theories and in QCD 18. Integrability in four dimensional gauge dynamics 19. Large N methods in QCD4 20. From 2d bosonized baryons to 4d skyrmions 21. From two dimensional solitons to four dimensional magnetic monopoles 22. Instantons of QCD 23. Summary, conclusions and outlook References Index.
Preface Acknowledgements Part I. Non-Perturbative Methods in Two Dimensional Field Theory: 1. From massless free scalar field to conformal field theories 2. Conformal field theory 3. Theories invariant under affine current algebras 4. Wess-Zumino-Witten model and Coset models 5. Solitons and two dimensional integrable models 6. Bosonization 7. The large N limit of two dimensional models Part II. Two Dimensional Non-Perturbative Gauge Dynamics: 8. Gauge theories in two dimensions ¿ basics 9. Bosonized gauge theories 10. The t'Hooft solution of 2d QCD 11. Mesonic spectrum from current algebra 12. DLCQ and the spectra of QC with fundamental and adjoint fermions 13. The baryonic spectrum of multiflavour QCD2 in the strong coupling limit 14. Confinement versus screening 15. QCD2, Coset models and BRST quantization 16. Generalized Yang Mills theory on Riemann surface Part III. From Two to Four Dimensions: 17. Conformal invariance in four dimensional field theories and in QCD 18. Integrability in four dimensional gauge dynamics 19. Large N methods in QCD4 20. From 2d bosonized baryons to 4d skyrmions 21. From two dimensional solitons to four dimensional magnetic monopoles 22. Instantons of QCD 23. Summary, conclusions and outlook References Index.
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