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Few people studying gauge field theory need to be convinced of the importance of the work of 't Hooft. This volume contains a selection of articles and review topics covering his well-known studies on the renormalization of non-Abelian gauge theorems, topological phenomena in gauge field theory...
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World Scientific Pub. Co.,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. : |
| Publication Dates: | 1994. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Advanced series in mathematical physics ;
v. 19 |
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http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/1948#t=toc |
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Few people studying gauge field theory need to be convinced of the importance of the work of 't Hooft. This volume contains a selection of articles and review topics covering his well-known studies on the renormalization of non-Abelian gauge theorems, topological phenomena in gauge field theory and thoughts on the role of black holes in quantum gravity. The chapters are tied together by thoughtful commentaries which provide a background and the illumination of hindsight - together they form a clear and coherent picture of the physical and theoretical importance of gauge theories and the gauge principle. This book is ideal for students and researchers. Gerard 't Hooft is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. He has taught at Harvard, SLAC and Caltech prior to his present position. Other distinguished honors include being awarded the Dannie Heineman Prize, the Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Chicago, Wolf Prize of the State of Israel, Pius XI Medal (Vatican), and the Lorentz Medal (KNAW, Amsterdam). |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xi,683pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789812384997 |
| CLC: | O572.2 |
| Contents: | ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Renormalization of gauge theories. Introductions. 2.1. Gauge field theory. 2.2. Diagrammar / with M. Veltman. 2.3. Gauge theories with unified weak, electromagnetic and strong interactions -- ch. 3. The renormalization group. Introduction. 3.1. The renormalization group in quantum field theory -- ch. 4. Extended objects. Introductions. 4.1 Extended objects in gauge field theories. 4.2. Magnetic monopoles in unified gauge theories -- ch. 5. Instantons. Introductions. 5.1. Computation of the quantum effects due to a four-dimensional pseudoparticle. 5.2. How instantons solve the U(1) problem. 5.3. Naturalness, chiral symmetry, and spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking -- ch. 6. Planar diagrams. Introductions. 6.1. Planar diagram field theories. 6.2. A two-dimensional model for mesons. Epilogue to the Two-Dimensional Model -- ch. 7. Quark confinement. Introductions. 7.1. Confinement and topology in non-Abelian gauge theories. 7.2. The confinement phenomenon in quantum field theory. 7.3. Can we make sense out of "Quantum Chromodynamics"? -- ch. 8. Quantum gravity and black holes. Introductions. 8.1. Quantum gravity. 8.2. Classical N-particle cosmology in 2 + 1 dimensions. 8.3. On the quantum structure of a black hole. 8.4. The gravitational shock wave of a massless particle / with T. Dray. 8.5. S-matrix theory for black holes -- ch. 9. Epilogue. 9.1. Can the ultimate laws of nature be found? |