The Pinch Technique And Its Applications To Non Abelian Gauge Theories

Author : John M. Cornwall,Joannis Papavassiliou,Daniele Binosi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139494274

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The Pinch Technique and its Applications to Non-Abelian Gauge Theories by John M. Cornwall,Joannis Papavassiliou,Daniele Binosi Pdf

Non-Abelian gauge theories, such as quantum chromodynamics (QCD) or electroweak theory, are best studied with the aid of Green's functions that are gauge-invariant off-shell, but unlike for the photon in quantum electrodynamics, conventional graphical constructions fail. The Pinch Technique provides a systematic framework for constructing such Green's functions, and has many useful applications. Beginning with elementary one-loop examples, this book goes on to extend the method to all orders, showing that the Pinch Technique is equivalent to calculations in the background field Feynman gauge. The Pinch Technique Schwinger-Dyson equations are derived, and used to show how a dynamical gluon mass arises in QCD. Applications are given to the center vortex picture of confinement, the gauge-invariant treatment of resonant amplitudes, the definition of non-Abelian effective charges, high-temperature effects, and even supersymmetry. This book is ideal for elementary particle theorists and graduate students.

Author : John M. Cornwall,Joannis Papavassiliou,Daniele Binosi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781009402446

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The Pinch Technique and its Applications to Non-Abelian Gauge Theories by John M. Cornwall,Joannis Papavassiliou,Daniele Binosi Pdf

Author : Fabio Sauli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781009291187

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Gaseous Radiation Detectors by Fabio Sauli Pdf

This Open Access text describes the processes involved in gaseous radiation detection, ideal for nuclear and particle physics researchers.

Author : John F. Donoghue,Eugene Golowich,Barry R. Holstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781009291002

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Dynamics of the Standard Model by John F. Donoghue,Eugene Golowich,Barry R. Holstein Pdf

This 2014 edition, now OA, provides a detailed and practical account of the Standard Model of particle physics.

Author : Jan Rak,Michael J. Tannenbaum
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107354449

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High-pT Physics in the Heavy Ion Era by Jan Rak,Michael J. Tannenbaum Pdf

Aimed at graduate students and researchers in the field of high-energy nuclear physics, this book provides an overview of the basic concepts of large transverse momentum particle physics, with a focus on pQCD phenomena. It examines high-pT probes of relativistic heavy-ion collisions and will serve as a handbook for those working on RHIC and LHC data analyses. Starting with an introduction and review of the field, the authors look at basic observables and experimental techniques, concentrating on relativistic particle kinematics, before moving onto a discussion about the origins of high-pT physics. The main features of high-pT physics are placed within a historical context and the authors adopt an experimental outlook, highlighting the most important discoveries leading up to the foundation of modern QCD theory. Advanced methods are described in detail, making this book especially useful for newcomers to the field.

Author : Yuri V. Kovchegov,Eugene Levin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781009291415

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Quantum Chromodynamics at High Energy by Yuri V. Kovchegov,Eugene Levin Pdf

This 2012 volume, now OA, is dedicated to high energy quantum chromodynamics including parton saturation and the color glass condensate.

Author : Victor Ilisie
Publisher : Springer
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319229669

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Concepts in Quantum Field Theory by Victor Ilisie Pdf

This book uses less strict yet still formal mathematical language to clarify a variety of concepts in Quantum Field Theory that remain somewhat “fuzzy” in many books designed for undergraduates and fresh graduates. The aim is not to replace formal books on Quantum Field Theory, but rather to offer a helpful complementary tool for beginners in the field. Features include a reader-friendly introduction to tensor calculus and the concept of manifolds; a simple and robust treatment for dimensional regularization; a consistent explanation of the renormalization procedure, step by step and in a transparent manner at all orders, using the QED Lagrangian; and extensive treatment of infrared as well as ultraviolet divergences. The most general (Lorentz invariant) form of Noether's theorem is presented and applied to a few simple yet relevant examples in Quantum Field Theory. These and further interesting topics are addressed in a way that will be accessible for the target readership. Some familiarity with basic notions of Quantum Field Theory and the basics of Special Relativity is assumed.

Author : V Parameswaran Nair
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789813227576

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Concepts in Particle Physics by V Parameswaran Nair Pdf

The 2013 discovery of the Higgs boson posed a challenge to both physics undergraduates and their instructors. Since particle physics is seldom taught at the undergraduate level, the question "what is the Higgs and why does its discovery matter?" is a common question among undergraduates. Equally, answering this question is a problem for physics instructors. This book is an attempt to put the key concepts of particle physics together in an appealing way, and yet give enough extra tidbits for students seriously considering graduate studies in particle physics. It starts with some recapitulation of relativity and quantum mechanics, and then builds on it to give both conceptual ideas regarding the Standard Model of particle physics as well as technical details. It is presented in an informal lecture style, and includes "remarks" sections where extra material, history, or technical details are presented for the interested student. The last lecture presents an assessment of the open questions, and where the future might take us.

Author : Antti Niemi,Terry Tomboulis,Kok Khoo Phua
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811212284

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Roman Jackiw: 80th Birthday Festschrift by Antti Niemi,Terry Tomboulis,Kok Khoo Phua Pdf

Professor Roman Jackiw is a theoretical physicist renowned for his many fundamental contributions and discoveries in quantum and classical field theories, ranging from high energy physics and gravitation to condensed matter and the physics of fluids. Among his major achievements is the establishment of the presence of the famous Adler-Bell-Jackiw anomalies in quantum field theory, a discovery with far-reaching implications for the structure of the Standard Model of particle physics and all attempts to go beyond it. Other important contributions, among many, that one may mention here are the topological mass term in gravity and gauge theories, and the fractionalization of fermion number and charge in the presence of topological objects.Roman Jackiw, a Professor Emeritus at the MIT Center for Theoretical Physics, is the recipient of several international awards including the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics and the Dirac Medal of the ICTP. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and honorary doctor of Kiev, Montreal, Tours, Turin and Uppsala universities.To celebrate his 80th birthday, many students and colleagues of Professor Jackiw have come together to share interesting anecdotes of working with him as well as their latest research, some of it inspired by his work. Edited by his former students Antti Niemi and Terry Tomboulis together with his long-time friend KK Phua, this festschrift volume is a must-have collection for all theoretical physicists.

Author : Gabriella Tarantello
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780817646080

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Selfdual Gauge Field Vortices by Gabriella Tarantello Pdf

This monograph discusses specific examples of selfdual gauge field structures, including the Chern–Simons model, the abelian–Higgs model, and Yang–Mills gauge field theory. The author builds a foundation for gauge theory and selfdual vortices by introducing the basic mathematical language of gauge theory and formulating examples of Chern–Simons–Higgs theories (in both abelian and non-abelian settings). Thereafter, the Electroweak theory and self-gravitating Electroweak strings are examined. The final chapters treat elliptic problems involving Chern–Simmons models, concentration-compactness principles, and Maxwell–Chern–Simons vortices.

Author : Ian J. R. Aitchison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-27
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0521039541

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An Informal Introduction to Gauge Field Theories by Ian J. R. Aitchison Pdf

Four forces are dominant in physics: gravity, electromagnetism and the weak and strong nuclear forces. Quantum electrodynamics - the highly successful theory of the electromagnetic interaction - is a gauge field theory. In this short book Dr Aitchison gives an introduction to these theories, a knowledge of which is essential in understanding modern particle physics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Power resources
ISBN : MINN:30000006286409

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Energy Research Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1997-05-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 0691029776

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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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020027764

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Dissertation Abstracts International by Anonim Pdf

Author : M. Shifman
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Science
ISBN : 9810218265

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Instantons in Gauge Theories by M. Shifman Pdf

This volume is a compilation of works which, taken together, give a complete and consistent presentation of instanton calculus in non-Abelian gauge theories, as it exists now. Some of the papers reproduced are instanton classics. Among other things, they show from a historical perspective how the instanton solution has been found, the motivation behind it and how the physical meaning of instantons has been revealed. Other papers are devoted to different aspects of instanton formalism including instantons in supersymmetric gauge theories. A few unsolved problems associated with instantons are described in great detail. The papers are organized into several sections that are linked both logically and historically, accompanied by extensive comments.