LEADER 01872nam 2200361 450 001 9910627230303321 005 20230517171036.0 035 $a(CKB)5580000000466260 035 $a(NjHacI)995580000000466260 035 $a(EXLCZ)995580000000466260 100 $a20230517h20222018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTheory and Applications of Instanton Calculations /$fM. B. Paranjape 210 1$aCambridge, England :$cCambridge University Press,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 309 pages) 311 $a1-009-29123-8 327 $aPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. Quantum mechanics and the path integral; 3. The symmetric double well; 4. Decay of a meta-stable state; 5. Quantum field theory and the path integral; 6. Decay of the false vacuum; 7. Large orders in perturbation theory; 8. Quantum electrodynamics in 1+1 dimensions; 9. The Polyakov proof of confinement; 10. Monopole pair production; 11. Quantum chromodynamics (QCD); 12. Instantons, supersymmetry and Morse theory; Appendix A. As aside on 0(4); Appendix B. Asymptotic analysis; Bibliography; Index. 330 $aDrawing inspiration from Sidney Coleman's Erice lectures, this volume provides an accessible, detailed introduction to instanton methods and their many applications, as a valuable resource for graduate students in physics. This title, first published in 2017, has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core. 606 $aInstantons 615 0$aInstantons. 676 $a530.143 700 $aParanjape$b M. B.$01348251 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910627230303321 996 $aTheory and Applications of Instanton Calculations$93085606 997 $aUNINA