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Selected Topics on the General Properties of Quantum Field Theory

By F. Strocchi

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific
Year
1993
ISBN
9810211430, 9789810211431
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-38271-3
LCC
QC174.45 .S87 1993
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1487551 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics 51
Pages
188\183
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Time added
2009-12-04 00:34:26
generalPhysics

Description

This book provides a readable account of the foundations of QFT, in particular of the Euclidean formulation with emphasis on the interplay between physical requirements and mathematical structures. The general structures underlying the conventional local (renormalizable) formulation of gauge QFT are discussed also on the basis of simple models. The mechanism of confinement, non-trivial topology and θ-vacua, chiral symmetry breaking and solution of the U(1) problem are clarified through a careful analysis of the Schwinger model, which settles unclear or debated points.

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