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Record Nr.

UNISA996466538303316

Titolo

Geometric techniques in gauge theories : proceedings of the Fifth Scheveningen Conference on Differential Equations, the Netherlands, August 23-28, 1981 / / edited by R. Martini and E. M. de Jager

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Heidelberg ; ; New York : , : Springer-Verlag, , 1982

ISBN

3-540-39192-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 1982.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 224 p.)

Collana

Lecture notes in mathematics ; ; 926

Disciplina

514.74

Soggetti

Global analysis (Mathematics)

Gauge fields (Physics)

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

Fiber spaces, connections and Yang-Mills fields -- A geometric introduction to Yang-Mills-equations -- Symmetry as a clue to the physics of elementary particles -- Topological excitations in gauge theories; An introduction from the physical point of view -- Particles, fields and quantum theory -- Monopole solitons -- Yang-Mills theory and Gravitation: A comparison -- The twistor description of linear fields -- Twistor techniques in gauge theories -- Simple pseudopotentials for the Kd V-equation.