Itep Lectures On Particle Physics And Field Theory In 2 Volumes

Author : Misha Shifman
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 919 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1999-07-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814499019

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Itep Lectures On Particle Physics And Field Theory (In 2 Vols) by Misha Shifman Pdf

For almost two decades Prof. Shifman, a clear and pedagogical expositor, has been giving review lectures on frontier topics in theoretical high energy physics. This two-volume book is a collection of some of the best of those lectures. The lectures written in the 1980's and early 1990's have been revised and updated specifically for this publication. The lectures in this book are intended for beginners - graduate students and young researchers - who are about to delve into the intricacies of the theory. They were used by the author in his course ';Advanced Modern Field Theory and Its Applications';, given in the academic year 1994/95 at the University of Minnesota.A wide range of key topics is covered. In Volume 1, the first two chapters are devoted to quantum chromodynamics as the theory of hadrons. The author gives an in-depth discussion of a variety ofpowerful methods based on Wilson's operator product expansion. Chapter 3 (written together with V Novikov, A Vainshtein, and V Zakharov) is the most systematic and pedagogical presentation of instantons in the gauge theories one can find in the literature. Chapter 4 introduces supersymmetry. Chapter 5, concluding this volume, reviews the fascinating dynamics of supersymmetric gauge theories in the strong coupling regime. Chapter 6, which opens Volume 2, is a culmination of the supersymmetric theme. It gives a state-of-the-art description of the breakthrough developments in supersymmetric gauge theories. It has been written specifically for this book by A Vainshtein and the author. Chapter 7 is designed as a primer of two-dimensional conformal field theory, which constitutes the basis of modern string theory. Chapter 8, the last, presents remarkable new findings in quantum mechanics. Every chapter contains exercises and a list of recommended literature.Prof. Shifman has been an active participant and significant contributor in the development of the ideas presented in this book. This accounts for the historical remarks and digressions interspersed in the book, enhancing its pedagogical role. The book will serve as a comprehensive reference and textbook for all graduate students and researchers interested in modern particle physics. It will also be a useful guide for lecturers.

Author : Mikhail A. Shifman
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company Incorporated
Page : 916 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1999-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 981022639X

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Itep Lectures on Particle Physics and Field Theory (in 2 Volumes) by Mikhail A. Shifman Pdf

For almost two decades Prof. Shifman, a clear and pedagogical expositor, has been giving review lectures on frontier topics in theoretical high energy physics. This two-volume book is a collection of some of the best of those lectures. The lectures written in the 1980's and early 1990's have been revised and updated specifically for this publication. The lectures in this book are intended for beginners -- graduate students and young researchers -- who are about to delve into the intricacies of the theory. They were used by the author in his course "Advanced Modern Field Theory and Its Applications," given in the academic year 1994/95 at the University of Minnesota.A wide range of key topics is covered. In Volume 1, the first two chapters are devoted to quantum chromodynamics as the theory of hadrons. The author gives an in-depth discussion of a variety ofpowerful methods based on Wilson's operator product expansion. Chapter 3 (written together with V Novikov, A Vainshtein, and V Zakharov) is the most systematic and pedagogical presentation of instantons in the gauge theories one can find in the literature. Chapter 4 introduces supersymmetry. Chapter 5, concluding this volume, reviews the fascinating dynamics of supersymmetric gauge theories in the strong coupling regime. Chapter 6, which opens Volume 2, is a culmination of the supersymmetric theme. It gives a state-of-the-art description of the breakthrough developments in supersymmetric gauge theories. It has been written specifically for this book by A Vainshtein and the author. Chapter 7 is designed as a primer of two-dimensional conformal field theory, which constitutes the basis of modern string theory. Chapter 8, the last, presents remarkable new findings in quantum mechanics. Every chapter contains exercises and a list of recommended literature.Prof. Shifman has been an active participant and significant contributor in the development of the ideas presented in this book. This accounts for the historical remarks and digressions interspersed in the book, enhancing its pedagogical role. The book will serve as a comprehensive reference and textbook for all graduate students and researchers interested in modern particle physics. It will also be a useful guide for lecturers.

Author : Mikhail A. Shifman
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Field theory
ISBN : 9810239505

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ITEP Lectures on Particle Physics and Field Theory by Mikhail A. Shifman Pdf

Author : Ashok Das
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814477680

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Field Theory: A Path Integral Approach (2nd Edition) by Ashok Das Pdf

New Edition: Field Theory (3rd Edition)This unique book describes quantum field theory completely within the context of path integrals. With its utility in a variety of fields in physics, the subject matter is primarily developed within the context of quantum mechanics before going into specialized areas.Adding new material keenly requested by readers, this second edition is an important expansion of the popular first edition. Two extra chapters cover path integral quantization of gauge theories and anomalies, and a new section extends the supersymmetry chapter, where singular potentials in supersymmetric systems are described.

Author : Hildegard Meyer-Ortmanns,Thomas Reisz
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 700 pages
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Release : 2006-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814496278

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Principles of Phase Structures in Particle Physics by Hildegard Meyer-Ortmanns,Thomas Reisz Pdf

The phase structure of particle physics shows up in matter at extremely high densities and/or temperatures as they were reached in the early universe, shortly after the big bang, or in heavy-ion collisions, as they are performed nowadays in laboratory experiments. In contrast to phase transitions of condensed matter physics, the underlying fundamental theories are better known than their macroscopic manifestations in phase transitions. These theories are quantum chromodynamics for the strong interaction part and the electroweak part of the Standard Model for the electroweak interaction. It is their non-Abelian gauge structure that makes it a big challenge to predict the type of phase conversion between phases of different symmetries and different particle contents. The book is about a variety of analytical and numerical tools that are needed to study the phase structure of particle physics. To these belong convergent and asymptotic expansions in strong and weak couplings, dimensional reduction, renormalization group studies, gap equations, Monte Carlo simulations with and without fermions, finite-size and finite-mass scaling analyses, and the approach of effective actions as supplement to first-principle calculations. Contents:General Background from Statistical PhysicsField Theoretical Framework for Models in Particle PhysicsAnalytic Methods on the Lattice and in the ContinuumNumerical Methods in Lattice Field TheoriesEffective Actions in the ContinuumPhenomenological Applications to Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions Readership: Theoretical and high energy physicists. Keywords:

Author : Rabindra Nath Mohapatra,Palash B. Pal
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 981238071X

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Massive Neutrinos in Physics and Astrophysics by Rabindra Nath Mohapatra,Palash B. Pal Pdf

An introduction to various issues related to the theory and phenomenology of massive neutrinos for the nonexpert, also providing a discussion of results in the field for the active researcher. All the necessary techniques and logics are included and topics such as supersymmetry are covered.

Author : Rabindra N Mohapatra,Palash B Pal
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814488129

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Massive Neutrinos in Physics and Astrophysics by Rabindra N Mohapatra,Palash B Pal Pdf

The recent groundbreaking discovery of nonzero neutrino masses and oscillations has put the spotlight on massive neutrinos as one of the key windows on physics beyond the standard model as well as into the early universe. This third edition of the invaluable book Massive Neutrinos in Physics and Astrophysics is an introduction to the various issues related to the theory and phenomenology of massive neutrinos for the nonexpert, providing at the same time a complete and up-to-date discussion on the latest results in the field for the active researcher. It is designed not merely to be a guide but also as a self-contained tool for research with all the necessary techniques and logics included. Specially emphasized are the various implications of neutrino discoveries for the nature of new forces. Elementary discussions on topics such as grand unification, left–right symmetry and supersymmetry are presented. The most recent cosmological and astrophysical implications of massive neutrinos are also dealt with. Contents: From Massless to Massive Neutrinos:IntroductionThe Standard Model and the NeutrinoMassive NeutrinosDirac versus Majorana MassesNeutrino OscillationsSolar NeutrinosModels of Neutrino Mass:Neutrino Mass SU(2)L x U(1)Y ModelsNeutrino Mass in Left-Right Symmetric ModelsNeutrino Mass in Grand Unified ModelsNeutrino Mass in Supersymmetric ModelsLarge Neutrino MixingsImplications of Neutrino Mass:Kinematic Tests of Neutrino MassElectromagnetic Properties of NeutrinosDouble Beta DecayRelated ProcessesNeutrino Properties in Material MediaNeutrinos from SupernovaeNeutrino CosmologySterile Neutrinos Readership: Graduate students and researchers in high energy physics and astrophysics. Keywords:Reviews:“Mohapatra and Pal have produced perhaps the most exhaustive and authoritative book on the physics of massive neutrinos with a well-balanced emphasis on both phenomenology and unified theories. A great contribution to an exciting field.”Professor Jogesh Pati University of Maryland “This book is an exciting and inspirational account of the present state and future prospects for studying massive neutrinos. Written by two of the leading theoretical contributors to the subject, the story can be read on many levels: by a student, using the text as an introduction to one of the most promising areas of modern particle physics; by a professor, as an authoritative and clear account of the theory and the experiments; and by an active researcher, as a source of stimulating new insights.”Professor John Bahcall Institute for Advanced Study, USA

Author : Chris J Isham
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1999-03-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789813102965

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Modern Differential Geometry for Physicists by Chris J Isham Pdf

This edition of the invaluable text Modern Differential Geometry for Physicists contains an additional chapter that introduces some of the basic ideas of general topology needed in differential geometry. A number of small corrections and additions have also been made. These lecture notes are the content of an introductory course on modern, coordinate-free differential geometry which is taken by first-year theoretical physics PhD students, or by students attending the one-year MSc course “Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces” at Imperial College. The book is concerned entirely with mathematics proper, although the emphasis and detailed topics have been chosen bearing in mind the way in which differential geometry is applied these days to modern theoretical physics. This includes not only the traditional area of general relativity but also the theory of Yang-Mills fields, nonlinear sigma models and other types of nonlinear field systems that feature in modern quantum field theory. The volume is divided into four parts: (i) introduction to general topology; (ii) introductory coordinate-free differential geometry; (iii) geometrical aspects of the theory of Lie groups and Lie group actions on manifolds; (iv) introduction to the theory of fibre bundles. In the introduction to differential geometry the author lays considerable stress on the basic ideas of “tangent space structure”, which he develops from several different points of view — some geometrical, others more algebraic. This is done with awareness of the difficulty which physics graduate students often experience when being exposed for the first time to the rather abstract ideas of differential geometry.

Author : Julio Antonio Gonzalo
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789812568755

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Effective Field Approach to Phase Transitions and Some Applications to Ferroelectrics by Julio Antonio Gonzalo Pdf

This book begins by introducing the effective field approach, the simplest approach to phase transitions. It provides an intuitive approximation to the physics of such diverse phenomena as liquid-vapor transitions, ferromagnetism, superconductivity, order-disorder in alloys, ferroelectricity, superfluidity and ferroelasticity. The connection between the effective field approach and Landau's theory is stressed.The main coverage is devoted to specific applications of the effective field concept to ferroelectric systems, both hydrogen bonded ferroelectrics, like those in the TGS family, and oxide ferroelectrics, like pure and mixed perovskites.

Author : Julio A Gonzalo
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-08-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789814477505

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Effective Field Approach To Phase Transitions And Some Applications To Ferroelectrics (2nd Edition) by Julio A Gonzalo Pdf

This book begins by introducing the effective field approach, the simplest approach to phase transitions. It provides an intuitive approximation to the physics of such diverse phenomena as liquid-vapor transitions, ferromagnetism, superconductivity, order-disorder in alloys, ferroelectricity, superfluidity and ferroelasticity. The connection between the effective field approach and Landau's theory is stressed.The main coverage is devoted to specific applications of the effective field concept to ferroelectric systems, both hydrogen bonded ferroelectrics, like those in the TGS family, and oxide ferroelectrics, like pure and mixed perovskites.

Author : Eberhard Haug,Werner Nakel
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814485197

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The Elementary Process Of Bremsstrahlung by Eberhard Haug,Werner Nakel Pdf

This book deals with the theory and experiment of the elementary process of bremsstrahlung, where photons are detected in coincidence with decelerated outgoing electrons. Such experiments allow for a more stringent check of the theoretical work. The main emphasis is laid on electron-atom bremsstrahlung and electron-electron bremsstrahlung, but further bremsstrahlung processes are also dealt with. In the theoretical parts, triply differential cross sections are derived in various approximations, including electron spin and photon-polarization. In the experimental sections, electron-photon coincidence experiments are discussed. These are done partly with transversely polarized electron beams and partly with detectors for the bremsstrahlung linear polarization.

Author : Markus Loecher
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9812795596

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Noise Sustained Patterns by Markus Loecher Pdf

Ch. 1. Introduction. 1.1. Stability theory revisited. 1.2. Instabilities and nonlinear events in everyday life. 1.3 Postscript -- ch. 2. Essentials. 2.1. Probabilistic and information theoretic measures. 2.2. Matrix manipulations. 2.3. Delay-differential equations. 2.4. The fluctuation-dissipation theorem. 2.5. The Fokker-Planck equation. 2.6. Numerical techniques for the simulation of stochastic equations. 2.7. Experimental aspects of generating noise. 2.8. Complex integration -- ch. 3. Noise induced temporal phenomena. 3.1. Escape from metastable states. 3.2. Stochastic resonance in bistable systems. 3.3. Postscript -- ch. 4. Adding spatial dimensions. 4.1. Spatiotemporal stochastic resonance. 4.2. Doubly stochastic resonance. 4.3. Spatial patterns. 4.4. Postscript -- ch. 5. Stochastic transport phenomena. 5.1. Noise-sustained structures in convectively unstable media. 5.2. Noise sustained front transmission. 5.3. Theory. 5.4. Noise enhanced wave propagation. 5.5. Stochastic ratchets and Brownian motors. 5.6. Postscript -- ch. 6. Sundry topics. 6.1. Minority game. 6.2. Traffic dynamics. 6.3. Dithering. 6.4. Noise in neural networks -- ch. 7. Afterthoughts

Author : E. V. Shuryak
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 9812385746

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The QCD Vacuum, Hadrons and Superdense Matter by E. V. Shuryak Pdf

This invaluable book is an extensive set of lecture notes on various aspects of non-perturbative quantum chromodynamics ? the fundamental theory of strong interaction on which nuclear and hadronic physics is based.The original edition of the book, written in the mid-1980's, had more of a review style. In the second edition the outline remains the same, but the text has been completely rewritten, and extended. Apart from the new developments over the years, this edition has benefited from several graduate courses which the author has taught at Stony Brook during the last decade. The text is now complemented by exercises and has a total of about 1000 references to major works, arranged by subject.Three major issues ? the structure of the QCD vacuum, the structure of hadrons, and the physics of hot/dense matter ? are addressed as physics problems. Therefore, when discussing any specific subject, the book attempts to incorporate (1) all the solid theoretical results, (2) experimental information, and (3) results of numerical (lattice) simulations, which are playing an increasing role in quantum field theory in general, and the development of QCD in particular.The QCD Vacuum, Hadrons and Superdense Matter takes the reader from the first encounter with the subject to the front line of research, as quickly as possible.

Author : Hall Graham S
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814505314

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Symmetries And Curvature Structure In General Relativity by Hall Graham S Pdf

This is a text on classical general relativity from a geometrical viewpoint. Introductory chapters are provided on algebra, topology and manifold theory, together with a chapter on the basic ideas of space-time manifolds and Einstein's theory. There is a detailed account of algebraic structures and tensor classification in general relativity and also of the relationships between the metric, connection and curvature structures on space-times. The latter includes chapters on holonomy and sectional curvature. An extensive study is presented of symmetries in general relativity, including isometries, homotheties, conformal symmetries and affine, projective and curvature collineations. Several general properties of such symmetries are studied and a preparatory section on transformation groups and on the properties of Lie algebras of vector fields on manifolds is provided.

Author : Heinz J Rothe
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789813102095

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Lattice Gauge Theories by Heinz J Rothe Pdf

This book provides a broad introduction to gauge field theories formulated on a space-time lattice, and in particular of QCD. It serves as a textbook for advanced graduate students, and also provides the reader with the necessary analytical and numerical techniques to carry out research on his own. Although the analytic calculations are sometimes quite demanding and go beyond an introduction, they are discussed in sufficient detail, so that the reader can fill in the missing steps. The book also introduces the reader to interesting problems which are currently under intensive investigation. Whenever possible, the main ideas are exemplified in simple models, before extending them to realistic theories. Special emphasis is placed on numerical results obtained from pioneering work. These are displayed in numerous figures.