Author : Wolfhard Janke,Axel Pelster,Michael Bachmann,Hans-Jürgen Schmidt
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001-06-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814490849
Fluctuating Paths and Fields by Wolfhard Janke,Axel Pelster,Michael Bachmann,Hans-Jürgen Schmidt Pdf
This volume covers the following fields: path integrals, quantum field theory, variational perturbation theory, phase transitions and critical phenomena, topological defects, strings and membranes, gravitation and cosmology. Contents:Path Integrals and Quantum Mechanics:Semiclassical Quantum Mechanics: A Path-Integral Approach (B R Holstein)Conjecture on the Reality of Spectra of Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians (C M Bender et al.)Time-Transformation Approach to q-Deformed Objects (A Inomata)Characterizing Volume Forms (P Cartier et al.)Vassiliev Invariants and Functional Integration (L H Kauffman)Quantum Field Theory:Dynamical Fermion Masses Under the Influence of Kaluza–Klein Fermions in Randall–Sundrum Background (H Abe et al.)From Z Operator to SO(10), Neutrino Oscillations, and Fermi–Dirac Functions for Quark Parton Distributions (F Buccella)Variational Perturbation Theory:Note on the Path-Integral Variational Approach in Many-Body Theory (J T Devreese)Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena:Nanosymptotic Critical Behavior from Field Theory (C Bagnuls & C Bervillier)From Superfluid 3He to Triplet Superconductor Sr2RuO4 (K Maki & H Won)Topological Defects, Strings, and Membranes:Description of Vorticity by Grassmann Variables and an Extension to Supersymmetry (R Jackiw)Non-Equilibrium Worldline Duality in Condensed Matter (R J Rivers)Random Paths and Surfaces with Rigidity (B Durhuus)Path Integrals in Quantum Cosmology (C Kiefer)and other papers Readership: Condensed matter, high energy, quantum, statistical and mathematical physicists. Keywords:Path Integrals;Quantum Field Theory;Variational Perturbation Theory;Phase Transitions;Critical Phenomena;Topological Defects;Strings;Membranes;Gravitation;Feynman Propagator;Kaluza-Klein Theory;Critical Exponent;Torsion;Quantum Cosmology;Inflationary Cosmology;Asymptotic FreedomReviews:“This collection of articles represents an exciting tour through modern theoretical physics; therefore the volume is recommended to a broad readership.”General Relativity and Gravitation