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Large Nc QCD 2004: Proceedings of the Workshop

By International Workshop on Large Nc Qcd , Jose L. Goity , A. Pich , C. L. Schat , N. N. Scoccola

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Company
Year
2005
ISBN
9812563997, 9789812563996, 9789812701725
Open Library ID
OL22718464M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2424717 bytes)
Edition
WS
Pages
319\319
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Scanned
yes
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

The large Nc limit plays a fundamental role in the study of non-abelian gauge theories such as quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Since its discovery in 1974 by 't Hooft, the 1/Nc expansion has provided crucial insights into the non-perturbative aspects of gauge theories. The expansion implemented at the effective theory level is one of the fundamental tools currently in use in hadronic physics; there are important effects and relations that follow from the 1/Nc expansion, which held remarkably well in the real world with Nc=3. The 1/Nc expansion also plays a central role in the recently discovered connections between non-Abelian gauge and string theories, promising new ways to analyze the non-perturbative domain of gauge theories. This volume contains contributions from leading theorists, and covers the recent developments in the 1/Nc expansion in QCD. The topics addressed include: confinement, AdS/CFT correspondence and the string-QCD connection, topology in large Nc, lattice QCD, and a variety of applications to mesons and baryons.

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