Gauge Fields and Strings

ISBN-13: 9783718603930 / Angielski / Twarda / 1987 / 312 str.

A. M. Polyakov;Polyakov

Opis

Synthesizes the most promising approaches and ideals in field theory today. Topics discussed include statistical mechanics, quantum field theory and their interrelation, continuous global symmetry, non-Abelian guage fields, and quantum strings and random surfaces.

Spis treści

1. Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory 2. Asymptotic Freedom and the Renormalization Group 3. The Strong Coupling Expansion 4. Instantons in Abelian Systems 5. Quark Confinement, Superfluidity, Elasticity. Criteria and Analogies 6. Topology of Gauge Fields and Related Problems 7. Analogies Between Gauge and Chiral Fields. Loop Dynamics 8. The Large N Expansion 9. Quantum Strings and Random Surfaces 10. Attempt at a Synthesis

O autorze

A.M. Polyakov