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Record Nr.

UNINA9910493741603321

Autore

Rothe Heinz J.

Titolo

Lattice gauge theories : an introduction / / Heinz J. Rothe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, New Jersey : , : World Scientific, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

981-4365-87-4

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (606 pages)

Collana

World Scientific Lecture Notes In Physics, , 1793-1436 ; ; Volume 82

Disciplina

530.1435

Soggetti

Lattice gauge theories

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book provides a broad introduction to gauge field theories formulated on a space-time lattice, and in particular of QCD. It serves as a textbook for advanced graduate students, and also provides the reader with the necessary analytical and numerical techniques to carry out research on his own. Although the analytic calculations are sometimes quite demanding and go beyond an introduction, they are discussed in sufficient detail, so that the reader can fill in the missing steps. The book also introduces the reader to interesting problems which are currently under intensive investigation. Whenever possible, the main ideas are exemplified in simple models, before extending them to realistic theories. Special emphasis is placed on numerical results obtained from pioneering work. These are displayed in a great number of figures. Beyond the necessary amendments and slight extensions of some sections in the third edition, the fourth edition includes an expanded section on Calorons — a subject which has been under intensive investigation during the last twelve years."--