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Quarks, gluons, and lattices

By Michael Creutz

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1983
ISBN
0521244056, 9780521244053
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14540917 bytes)
Series
Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
Pages
173\173
Library
usenet tech
Time added
2013-03-30 20:00:00

Description

This book introduces the lattice approach to quantum field theory. The spectacular successes of this technique include compelling evidence that exchange of gauge gluons can confine the quarks within subnuclear matter. The lattice framework enables novel schemes for quantitative calculation and has caused considerable cross-disciplinary activity between elementary particle and solid state physicists. The treatment begins with the lattice definition of a path integral and ends on Monte Carlo simulation methods. Other topics include invariant group integration, duality, mean field theory and renormalization group techniques. The reader is assumed to have a basic background in relativistic quantum mechanics and some exposure to gauge theories

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