Theory and Applications of Instanton Calculations / / M. B. Paranjape
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| Autore: |
Paranjape M. B.
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| Titolo: |
Theory and Applications of Instanton Calculations / / M. B. Paranjape
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, England : , : Cambridge University Press, , [2022] |
| ©2018 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 309 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 530.143 |
| Soggetto topico: | Instantons |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preface; 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Drawing 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Theory and Applications of Instanton Calculations |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910627230303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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