Introduction Quantum Fields Lattice (Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics, Series Number 15)

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ISBN 10: 0521890519 / ISBN 13: 9780521890519

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 2008

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• Titre: Introduction Quantum Fields Lattice (Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics, Series Number 15)
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521890519
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521890519
• Reliure: paperback
• État de l'article: Good

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Synopsis

Clear and pedagogical introduction to quantum fields on a lattice, for advanced undergraduates and graduates.

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This book provides a concrete introduction to quantum fields on a lattice: a precise and non-perturbative definition of quantum field theory obtained by replacing continuous space-time by a discrete set of points on a lattice. The path integral on the lattice is explained in concrete examples using weak and strong coupling expansions. Fundamental concepts such as 'triviality' of Higgs fields and confinement of quarks and gluons into hadrons are described and illustrated with the results of numerical simulations. The book also provides an introduction to chiral symmetry and chiral gauge theory, as well as quantized non-abelian gauge fields, scaling and universality. Based on the lecture notes of a course given by the author, this book contains many explanatory examples and exercises, and is suitable as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses.