Gauge Theories In The Twentieth Century

Author : John C. Taylor
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781848161603

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By the end of the 1970s, it was clear that all the known forces of nature (including, in a sense, gravity) were examples of gauge theories, characterized by invariance under symmetry transformations chosen independently at each position and each time. These ideas culminated with the finding of the W and Z gauge bosons (and perhaps also the Higgs boson). This important book brings together the key papers in the history of gauge theories, including the discoveries of: the role of gauge transformations in the quantum theory of electrically charged particles in the 1920s; nonabelian gauge groups in the 1950s; vacuum symmetry-breaking in the 1960s; asymptotic freedom in the 1970s. A short introduction explains the significance of the papers, and the connections between them. Contents: Gauge Invariance in Electromagnetism; Non-Abelian Gauge Theories; Gravity as a Gauge Theory; Gauge Invariance and Superconductivity; Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and Particle Physics; Gauge-Fixing in Non-Abelian Gauge Theories; Gauge Identities and Unitarity; Asymptotic Freedom; Monopoles and Vortex Lines; Non-Pertubative Approaches; Instantons and Vacuum Structure; Three-Dimensional Gauge Fields and Topological Actions; Gauge Theories and Mathematics. Readership: Graduate students, researchers and lecturers in mathematical, theoretical, quantum and high energy physics, as well as historians of science.

Author : John C. Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1860942822

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Gauge Theories in the Twentieth Century by John C. Taylor Pdf

By the end of the 1970s, it was clear that all the known forces of nature (including, in a sense, gravity) were examples of gauge theories, characterized by invariance under symmetry transformations chosen independently at each position and each time. These ideas culminated with the finding of the W and Z gauge bosons (and perhaps also the Higgs boson). This important book brings together the key papers in the history of gauge theories, including the discoveries of: the role of gauge transformations in the quantum theory of electrically charged particles in the 1920s; nonabelian gauge groups in the 1950s; vacuum symmetry-breaking in the 1960s; asymptotic freedom in the 1970s. A short introduction explains the significance of the papers, and the connections between them.

Author : John C. Taylor
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781860942815

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Gauge Theories in the Twentieth Century by John C. Taylor Pdf

By the end of the 1970s, it was clear that all the known forces of nature (including, in a sense, gravity) were examples of gauge theories, characterized by invariance under symmetry transformations chosen independently at each position and each time. These ideas culminated with the finding of the W and Z gauge bosons (and perhaps also the Higgs boson). This important book brings together the key papers in the history of gauge theories, including the discoveries of: the role of gauge transformations in the quantum theory of electrically charged particles in the 1920s; nonabelian gauge groups in the 1950s; vacuum symmetry-breaking in the 1960s; asymptotic freedom in the 1970s. A short introduction explains the significance of the papers, and the connections between them.

Author : Tian Yu Cao
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781108476072

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Conceptual Development of 20th Century Field Theories by Tian Yu Cao Pdf

An overview of the conceptual and historical foundations of fundamental field theories, including their underlying issues, logic and dynamics.

Author : Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691215112

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The Dawning of Gauge Theory by Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh Pdf

During the course of this century, gauge invariance has slowly emerged from being an incidental symmetry of electromagnetism to being a fundamental geometrical principle underlying the four known fundamental physical interactions. The development has been in two stages. In the first stage (1916-1956) the geometrical significance of gauge-invariance gradually came to be appreciated and the original abelian gauge-invariance of electromagnetism was generalized to non-abelian gauge invariance. In the second stage (1960-1975) it was found that, contrary to first appearances, the non-abelian gauge-theories provided exactly the framework that was needed to describe the nuclear interactions (both weak and strong) and thus provided a universal framework for describing all known fundamental interactions. In this work, Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh describes the former phase. O'Raifeartaigh first illustrates how gravitational theory and quantum mechanics played crucial roles in the reassessment of gauge theory as a geometric principle and as a framework for describing both electromagnetism and gravitation. He then describes how the abelian electromagnetic gauge-theory was generalized to its present non-abelian form. The development is illustrated by including a selection of relevant articles, many of them appearing here for the first time in English, notably by Weyl, Schrodinger, Klein, and London in the pre-war years, and by Pauli, Shaw, Yang-Mills, and Utiyama after the war. The articles illustrate that the reassessment of gauge-theory, due in a large measure to Weyl, constituted a major philosophical as well as technical advance.

Author : R Akhoury,B de Wit,P van Nieuwenhuizen,H Veltman
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1992-10-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814505369

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Gauge Theories — Past and Future by R Akhoury,B de Wit,P van Nieuwenhuizen,H Veltman Pdf

This is a commemoration volume to honor Professor M Veltman on the ocassion of his 60th birthday. It contains articles on Gauge field theories, a subject to which Prof. Veltman has made many important and seminal contributions. Some of the contributions are based on invited talks given at the Conference held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 16 – 18 1991. The articles in the book cover a wide range of topics from formal and phenomenological to the experimental aspects of Gauge theories. Contents:Comments on the Occasion of the Symposium Celebrating the Sixtieth Birthday of Martinus Veltman (H Neal)The Largest Time Equation and Long Distance Behavior in Gauge Field Theories (R Akhoury)Top Quark Condensate Models (W A Bardeen)Fast and Reliable Random Numbers for Extensive Monte Carlo Calculations (A Compagner)Large Higgs Mass, Triviality and Asymptotic Freedom (M Consoli)Strong CP Violation and Effective Chiral Lagrangians (E de Rafael)Is Your Weight Gauge Dependent? (B de Wit)Effective Theories and Thresholds in Particle Physics (M K Gaillard)Neutrino Mass Matrices with Minimal Polynomials of Second or Third Degree in the Three Family Model (C Jarlskog)QCD: Some Like It Hot or Why There Have Been Small Bangs (C Korthal-Altes)The Last Ten Years of Radiative Corrections (G Passarino)The Analytic Value of the Atomic Three Electron Correlation Integral with Slater Wave Functions (E Remiddi)Example of Quantum Field Theory Based on Nonlinear Lie Algebra (P van Nieuwenhuizen, K Schoutens & A Sevrin)Tini and the Cosmological Constant (L Susskind)The Veltman Vertex (R Thun)Third Threshold in Weak Interactions? (H Veltman & J J van der Bij)Relation Between the Practical Results of Current Algebra Techniques and the Originating Quark Model (M Veltman)Landau Poles, Violations of Unitarity and a Bound on the Top Quark Mass (F J Yndurain)and other papers Readership: High energy physicists. keywords:

Author : R. Akhoury,B. De Wit,Hugo G. Veltman,Peter Van Nieuwenhuizen
Publisher : World Scientific 20th Century
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1992-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9810210299

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Gauge Theories - Past and Future: In Commemoration of the 60th Birthday of M Veltman by R. Akhoury,B. De Wit,Hugo G. Veltman,Peter Van Nieuwenhuizen Pdf

This is a commemoration volume to honor Professor M Veltman on the ocassion of his 60th birthday. It contains articles on Gauge field theories, a subject to which Prof. Veltman has made many important and seminal contributions. Some of the contributions are based on invited talks given at the Conference held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 16 - 18 1991. The articles in the book cover a wide range of topics from formal and phenomenological to the experimental aspects of Gauge theories.

Author : Eberhard Zeidler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1141 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-17
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783642224218

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Quantum Field Theory III: Gauge Theory by Eberhard Zeidler Pdf

In this third volume of his modern introduction to quantum field theory, Eberhard Zeidler examines the mathematical and physical aspects of gauge theory as a principle tool for describing the four fundamental forces which act in the universe: gravitative, electromagnetic, weak interaction and strong interaction. Volume III concentrates on the classical aspects of gauge theory, describing the four fundamental forces by the curvature of appropriate fiber bundles. This must be supplemented by the crucial, but elusive quantization procedure. The book is arranged in four sections, devoted to realizing the universal principle force equals curvature: Part I: The Euclidean Manifold as a Paradigm Part II: Ariadne's Thread in Gauge Theory Part III: Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity Part IV: Ariadne's Thread in Cohomology For students of mathematics the book is designed to demonstrate that detailed knowledge of the physical background helps to reveal interesting interrelationships among diverse mathematical topics. Physics students will be exposed to a fairly advanced mathematics, beyond the level covered in the typical physics curriculum. Quantum Field Theory builds a bridge between mathematicians and physicists, based on challenging questions about the fundamental forces in the universe (macrocosmos), and in the world of elementary particles (microcosmos).

Author : Eberhard Zeidler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1125 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-03
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783540853770

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Quantum Field Theory II: Quantum Electrodynamics by Eberhard Zeidler Pdf

And God said, Let there be light; and there was light. Genesis 1,3 Light is not only the basis of our biological existence, but also an essential source of our knowledge about the physical laws of nature, ranging from the seventeenth century geometrical optics up to the twentieth century theory of general relativity and quantum electrodynamics. Folklore Don’t give us numbers: give us insight! A contemporary natural scientist to a mathematician The present book is the second volume of a comprehensive introduction to themathematicalandphysicalaspectsofmodernquantum?eldtheorywhich comprehends the following six volumes: Volume I: Basics in Mathematics and Physics Volume II: Quantum Electrodynamics Volume III: Gauge Theory Volume IV: Quantum Mathematics Volume V: The Physics of the Standard Model Volume VI: Quantum Gravitation and String Theory. It is our goal to build a bridge between mathematicians and physicists based on the challenging question about the fundamental forces in • macrocosmos (the universe) and • microcosmos (the world of elementary particles). The six volumes address a broad audience of readers, including both und- graduate and graduate students, as well as experienced scientists who want to become familiar with quantum ?eld theory, which is a fascinating topic in modern mathematics and physics.

Author : Chris Quigg
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691135489

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Gauge Theories of the Strong, Weak, and Electromagnetic Interactions by Chris Quigg Pdf

A thoroughly revised edition of a landmark textbook on gauge theories and their applications to particle physics This completely revised and updated graduate-level textbook is an ideal introduction to gauge theories and their applications to high-energy particle physics, and takes an in-depth look at two new laws of nature—quantum chromodynamics and the electroweak theory. From quantum electrodynamics through unified theories of the interactions among leptons and quarks, Chris Quigg examines the logic and structure behind gauge theories and the experimental underpinnings of today's theories. Quigg emphasizes how we know what we know, and in the era of the Large Hadron Collider, his insightful survey of the standard model and the next great questions for particle physics makes for compelling reading. The brand-new edition shows how the electroweak theory developed in conversation with experiment. Featuring a wide-ranging treatment of electroweak symmetry breaking, the physics of the Higgs boson, and the importance of the 1-TeV scale, the book moves beyond established knowledge and investigates the path toward unified theories of strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions. Explicit calculations and diverse exercises allow readers to derive the consequences of these theories. Extensive annotated bibliographies accompany each chapter, amplify points of conceptual or technical interest, introduce further applications, and lead readers to the research literature. Students and seasoned practitioners will profit from the text's current insights, and specialists wishing to understand gauge theories will find the book an ideal reference for self-study. Brand-new edition of a landmark text introducing gauge theories Consistent attention to how we know what we know Explicit calculations develop concepts and engage with experiment Interesting and diverse problems sharpen skills and ideas Extensive annotated bibliographies

Author : John Krige,Dominique Pestre
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134406937

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Science in the Twentieth Century by John Krige,Dominique Pestre Pdf

With over forty chapters, written by leading scholars, this comprehensive volume represents the best work in America, Europe, and Asia. Geographical diversity of the authors is reflected in the different perspectives devoted to the subject, and all major disciplinary developments are covered. There are also sections concerning the countries that have made the most significant contributions, the relationship between science and industry, the importance of instrumentation, and the cultural influence of scientific modes of thought. Students and professionals will come to appreciate how, and why, science has developed - as with any other human activity, it is subject to the dynamics of society and politics.

Author : John Krige,Dominique Pestre
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 988 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0415286069

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Companion to Science in the Twentieth Century by John Krige,Dominique Pestre Pdf

This work on science in the 20th century represents work in America, Europe and Asia. It includes such topics as the countries that have made the most significant contributions, the relationship between science and industry and the importance of instrumentation.

Author : Silvia De Bianchi,Claus Kiefer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030511975

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One Hundred Years of Gauge Theory by Silvia De Bianchi,Claus Kiefer Pdf

This book presents a multidisciplinary guide to gauge theory and gravity, with chapters by the world’s leading theoretical physicists, mathematicians, historians and philosophers of science. The contributions from theoretical physics explore e.g. the consistency of the unification of gravitation and quantum theory, the underpinnings of experimental tests of gauge theory and its role in shedding light on the relationship between mathematics and physics. In turn, historians and philosophers of science assess the impact of Weyl’s view on the philosophy of science. Graduate students, lecturers and researchers in the fields of history of science, theoretical physics and philosophy of science will benefit from this book by learning about the role played by Weyl’s Raum-Zeit-Materie in shaping several modern research fields, and by gaining insights into the future prospects of gauge theory in both theoretical and experimental physics. Furthermore, the book facilitates interdisciplinary exchange and conceptual innovation in tackling fundamental questions about our deepest theories of physics. Chapter “Weyl’s Raum-Zeit-Materie and the Philosophy of Science” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com

Author : John Krige,Dominique Pestre
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 988 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136483394

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Companion Encyclopedia of Science in the Twentieth Century by John Krige,Dominique Pestre Pdf

With over forty chapters, written by leading scholars, this comprehensive volume represents the best work in America, Europe and Asia. Geographical diversity of the authors is reflected in the different perspectives devoted to the subject, and all major disciplinary developments are covered. There are also sections concerning the countries that have made the most significant contributions, the relationship between science and industry, the importance of instrumentation, and the cultural influence of scientific modes of thought. Students and professionals will come to appreciate how, and why, science has developed - as with any other human activity, it is subject to the dynamics of society and politics.

Author : N. Mukunda
Publisher : Universities Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Physicists
ISBN : 8173710953

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Images of Twentieth Century Physics by N. Mukunda Pdf