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Group Structure of Gauge Theories

By L. O'Raifeartaigh

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1988
ISBN
9780521347853, 0521347858
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3293152 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
Pages
180\180
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

This monograph provides an account of the structure of gauge theories from a group theoretical point of view. The first part of the text is devoted to a review of those aspects of compact Lie groups (the Lie algebras, the representation theory, and the global structure) which are necessary for the application of group theory to the physics of particles and fields. The second part describes the way in which compact Lie groups are used to construct gauge theories. Models that describe the known fundamental interactions and the proposed unification of these interactions (grand unified theories) are considered in some detail. The book concludes with an up to date description of the group structure of spontaneous symmetry breakdown, which plays a vital role in these interactions. This book will be of interest to graduate students and to researchers in theoretical physics and applied mathematics, especially those interested in the applications of differential geometry and group theory in physics.

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