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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781199503321

Autore

Giachetta G

Titolo

Advanced classical field theory [[electronic resource] /] / Giovanni Giachetta, Luigi Mangiarotti, Gennadi Sardanashvily

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2009

ISBN

1-282-44286-4

9786612442865

981-283-896-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MangiarottiL

SardanashviliG. A (Gennadiì† Aleksandrovich)

Disciplina

530.143

Soggetti

Field theory (Physics) - Mathematics

Lagrange equations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-367) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; Introduction; 1. Differential calculus on fibre bundles; 2. Lagrangian field theory on fibre bundles; 3. Grassmann-graded Lagrangian field theory; 4. Lagrangian BRST theory; 5. Gauge theory on principal bundles; 6. Gravitation theory on natural bundles; 7. Spinor fields; 8. Topological field theories; 9. Covariant Hamiltonian field theory; 10. Appendixes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Contemporary quantum field theory is mainly developed as quantization of classical fields. Therefore, classical field theory and its BRST extension is the necessary step towards quantum field theory. This book aims to provide a complete mathematical foundation of Lagrangian classical field theory and its BRST extension for the purpose of quantization. Based on the standard geometric formulation of theory of nonlinear differential operators, Lagrangian field theory is treated in a very general setting. Reducible degenerate Lagrangian theories of even and odd fields on an arbitrary smooth manifo