Instantons In Gauge Theories

Misha Shifman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

500 Seiten

1994
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd (Verlag)
978-981-02-1681-8 (ISBN)

Infos

These papers, taken together, give a complete and consistent presentation of instanton calculus in non-Abelian gauge theories, as it exists now. The papers show how the instanton solution has been found, the motivation behind it and how the physical meaning of instantons has been revealed.

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This volume is a compilation of works which, taken together, give a complete and consistent presentation of instanton calculus in non-Abelian gauge theories, as it exists now. Some of the papers reproduced are instanton classics. Among other things, they show from a historical perspective how the instanton solution has been found, the motivation behind it and how the physical meaning of instantons has been revealed. Other papers are devoted to different aspects of instanton formalism including instantons in supersymmetric gauge theories. A few unsolved problems associated with instantons are described in great detail. The papers are organized into several sections that are linked both logically and historically, accompanied by extensive comments.

Inhalt

BPST instantons; discovery and physical interpretation; collective co-ordinates and the instanton measure; multi-instanton solutions; green functions in the instanton background; supersymmetric instantons. (part contents).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.1994
• Verlagsort: Singapore
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
• ISBN-10: 981-02-1681-5 / 9810216815
• ISBN-13: 978-981-02-1681-8 / 9789810216818
• Zustand: Neuware