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Autore |
Cornwall John M. |
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Titolo |
The pinch technique and its applications to non-Abelian gauge theories / / John M. Cornwall, Joannis Papavassiliou, Daniele Binosi [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvii, 279 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics and cosmology ; ; 31 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Gauge fields (Physics) |
Non-Abelian groups |
Green's functions |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2011. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction; 1. The pinch technique at one loop; 2. Advanced pinch technique - still one loop; 3. Pinch technique to all orders; 4. The pinch technique in the Batalin-Vilkovisky framework; 5. The gauge technique; 6. Schwinger-Dyson equations in the pinch technique framework; 7. Non-perturbative gluon mass and quantum solitons; 8. Nexuses, sphalerons, and fractional topological charge; 9. A brief summary of d=3 NAGTs; 10. The pinch technique for electroweak theory; 11. Other applications of the pinch technique; Appendix; Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Non-Abelian gauge theories, such as quantum chromodynamics (QCD) or electroweak theory, are best studied with the aid of Green's functions that are gauge-invariant off-shell, but unlike for the photon in quantum electrodynamics, conventional graphical constructions fail. The pinch technique provides a systematic framework for constructing such Green's functions, and has many useful applications. Beginning with elementary one-loop examples, this book goes on to extend the method to all orders, showing that the pinch technique is equivalent to calculations in the background field Feynman gauge. The Schwinger-Dyson equations are derived within the pinch technique framework, and are used to show how a dynamical gluon mass arises in QCD. |
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