1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996466683603316

Autore

Alvarez-Gaumé Luis

Titolo

An Invitation to Quantum Field Theory [[electronic resource] /] / by Luis Alvarez-Gaumé, Miguel A. Vázquez-Mozo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2012

ISBN

3-642-23728-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 294 p. 91 illus.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 839

Classificazione

530

UD 8220

UO 4000

PHY 023f

Disciplina

530.14/3

Soggetti

Elementary particles (Physics)

Quantum field theory

String theory

Quantum physics

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory

Quantum Field Theories, String Theory

Quantum Physics

Lehrbuch

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Why Do We Need Quantum Field Theory After All? -- From Classical to Quantum Fields -- Theories and Lagrangian I: Matter Fields -- Theories and Lagrangian II: Introducing Gauge Fields -- Theories and Lagrangian II: The Standard Model -- Towards Computational Rules: Feynman Diagrams -- Symmetries I: Continuous Symmetries -- Renormalization -- Anomalies -- The Origin of Mass -- Symmetries II: Discrete Symmetries -- Effective Field Theories and Naturalness -- Special Topics -- Notation, Conventions and Units -- A Crash Course in Group Theory -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an introduction to Quantum Field Theory (QFT) at an elementary level—with only special relativity, electromagnetism and



quantum mechanics as prerequisites. For this fresh approach to teaching QFT, based on numerous lectures and courses given by the authors, a representative sample of topics has been selected containing some of the more innovative, challenging or subtle concepts. They are presented with a minimum of technical details, the discussion of the main ideas being more important than the presentation of the typically very technical mathematical details necessary to obtain the final results.  Special attention is given to the realization of symmetries in particle physics: global and local symmetries, explicit, spontaneously broken, and anomalous continuous symmetries, as well as discrete symmetries. Beyond providing an overview of the standard model of the strong, weak and electromagnetic interactions and the current understanding of the origin of mass, the text enumerates the general features of renormalization theory as well as providing a cursory description of effective field theories and the problem of naturalness in physics. Among the more advanced topics the reader will find are an outline of the first principles derivation of the CPT theorem and the spin-statistics connection. As indicated by the title, the main aim of this text is to motivate the reader to study QFT by providing a self-contained and approachable introduction to the most exciting and challenging aspects of this successful theoretical framework.



2.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN0016516

Autore

Comincioli, Valeriano

Titolo

Problemi e modelli matematici nelle scienze applicate / Valeriano Comincioli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : CEA, 1993

ISBN

88-408-0788-8

Descrizione fisica

XII, 489 p. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

510

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779101703321

Titolo

Spain : : Oversight and Supervision of Financial Market Infrastructures Technical Note

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2012

ISBN

1-4755-2675-X

1-4755-6808-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (34 p.)

Collana

IMF Staff Country Reports

Soggetti

Finance - Spain

Banks and Banking

Finance: General

Investments: General

Public Finance

Monetary Systems

Standards

Regimes

Government and the Monetary System

Payment Systems

Public Administration

Public Sector Accounting and Audits

Pension Funds

Non-bank Financial Institutions



Financial Instruments

Institutional Investors

Banks

Depository Institutions

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Finance

Public finance & taxation

Banking

Investment & securities

Payment systems

PFM information systems

Central counterparty clearing house

Securities

Financial markets

Public financial management (PFM)

Financial institutions

Clearing and settlement systems

Clearinghouses

Finance, Public

Banks and banking

Financial instruments

Spain Economic policy

Spain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Glossary; Executive Summary; Table; 1. Main Recommendations on FMI Supervision and Oversight; I. Introduction; II. Description of the FMI Supervision/Oversight Framework; A. Overview of Financial Market Infrastructures; B. Overview of the Supervisory and Oversight Framework; C. Main Reforms Since the 2006 FSAP; Boxes; 1. 2006 FSAP Recommendations for IBERCLEAR; III. Main Issues at Stake; A. Effectiveness of the Oversight/Supervision of the Systemically Important FMIs; 2. Follow-up of the 2006 FSAP Main Recommendations for IBERCLEAR; B. Cooperation Between Domestic Authorities

C. Financial Risk Management and Corporate Governance of the Spanish CCPsD. Crisis Management; Appendixes; 1. Overview of the Trading, Clearing and Settlement Organization in Spain; 2. European Initiatives in the Field of Securities and Derivatives; Figures; 1. MEFF Collateral Details at End-November 2011; 3. Risk Management Framework in MEFF and MEFFClear; 2. Meffclear Collateral Details at End-November 2011

Sommario/riassunto

This technical note focuses on financial market infrastructures (FMIs) in Spain. The way Spanish authorities supervise and oversee FMIs is an essential issue in promoting and maintaining domestic financial



stability. Although systemically important payments systems are European or international based, there are currently four domestic securities settlement systems and three domestic central counterparties in Spain. Overall, authorities’ responsibilities with respect to FMIs are clearly defined in the law, but further transparency on Banco de España’s (BdE) responsibilities with respect to FMIs other than payments systems is recommended.