LEADER 04107nam 22007452 450 001 9910459092503321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-107-21547-1 010 $a1-282-93175-X 010 $a9786612931758 010 $a0-511-93180-8 010 $a0-511-93046-1 010 $a0-511-93315-0 010 $a0-511-92795-9 010 $a0-511-76303-4 010 $a0-511-92541-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000060058 035 $a(EBL)604991 035 $a(OCoLC)693761190 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000440808 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11271063 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000440808 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10491864 035 $a(PQKB)10103718 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511763038 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC604991 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL604991 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10436297 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293175 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000060058 100 $a20100506d2011|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe pinch technique and its applications to non-Abelian gauge theories /$fJohn M. Cornwall, Joannis Papavassiliou, Daniele Binosi$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 286 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology ;$v31 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-43752-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: why the pinch technique -- The Pinch Technique at one loop -- Advanced pinch technique: still one loop -- Pinch technique to all orders -- The pinch technique in the Batalin-Vilkovisky framework -- The gauge technique -- Schwinger-Dyson equations in the pinch technique framework -- Nonperturbative gluon mass and quantum solitons -- Nexuses, sphalerons, and fractional topological charge -- A brief summary of d=3 NAGTs -- The pinch technique for electroweak theory -- Other applications of the pinch technique. 330 $aNon-Abelian gauge theories, such as quantum chromodynamics (QCD) or electroweak theory, are best studied with the aid of Green's functions that are gauge-invariant off-shell, but unlike for the photon in quantum electrodynamics, conventional graphical constructions fail. The Pinch Technique provides a systematic framework for constructing such Green's functions, and has many useful applications. Beginning with elementary one-loop examples, this book goes on to extend the method to all orders, showing that the Pinch Technique is equivalent to calculations in the background field Feynman gauge. The Pinch Technique Schwinger-Dyson equations are derived, and used to show how a dynamical gluon mass arises in QCD. Applications are given to the center vortex picture of confinement, the gauge-invariant treatment of resonant amplitudes, the definition of non-Abelian effective charges, high-temperature effects, and even supersymmetry. This book is ideal for elementary particle theorists and graduate students. 410 0$aCambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology ;$v31. 517 3 $aThe Pinch Technique & its Applications to Non-Abelian Gauge Theories 606 $aQuantum chromodynamics$xMathematics 606 $aGauge fields (Physics)$xMathematics 606 $aGreen's functions 606 $aGauge invariance 615 0$aQuantum chromodynamics$xMathematics. 615 0$aGauge fields (Physics)$xMathematics. 615 0$aGreen's functions. 615 0$aGauge invariance. 676 $a530.14/35 700 $aCornwall$b John M.$01052861 702 $aPapavassiliou$b Joannis 702 $aBinosi$b Daniele 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459092503321 996 $aThe pinch technique and its applications to non-Abelian gauge theories$92484375 997 $aUNINA