Buch, Englisch, 418 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 585 g
An Introduction to Solitons and Instantons in Quantum Field Theory
Buch, Englisch, 418 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 585 g
Reihe: North-Holland Personal Library
ISBN: 978-0-444-87047-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology
The presentation of this work is kept at a fairly simple level and ideas are developed through illustrative examples. Techniques not covered in older field theory textbooks, such as functional integral methods, are presented in some detail to the necessary extent. These techniques are important in their own right. Although the book is mainly addressed to particle physicists and quantum field theorists, several portions will be of relevance to other branches of physics, particularly statistical mechanics. These include three chapters devoted to deriving classical soliton and instanton solutions and one on collective co-ordinates, as well as sections devoted to general techniques.
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1. Preface cum introduction. 2. Classical solitons and solitary waves. 3. Monopoles and such. 4. Classical instanton solutions. 5. Quantisation of static solutions. 6. Functional integrals and the WKB method. 7. Some exact results. 8. Collective coordinates and canonical methods. 9. Semiclassical methods for Fermi fields. 10. Instantons in quantum theory. 11. Some more instanton effects. Appendices. References. Index.