Quarks, Gluons and Lattices
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- Author: Michael Creutz
- Date Published: July 1985
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521315357
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This book introduces the lattice approach to quantum field theory. The spectacular successes of this technique include compelling evidence that exchange of gauge gluons can confine the quarks within subnuclear matter. The lattice framework enables novel schemes for quantitative calculation and has caused considerable cross-disciplinary activity between elementary particle and solid state physicists. The treatment begins with the lattice definition of a path integral and ends on Monte Carlo simulation methods. Other topics include invariant group integration, duality, mean field theory and renormalization group techniques. The reader is assumed to have a basic background in relativistic quantum mechanics and some exposure to gauge theories.
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"...an elegant book...I recommend it in the strongest terms to all interested in the fundamental structure of nature and the surprises quantum field theory has in store." Nature
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- Date Published: July 1985
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521315357
- length: 176 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 151 x 11 mm
- weight: 0.255kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Quarks and gluons
2. Lattices
3. Path integrals and statistical mechanics
4. Scalar fields
5. Fermions
6. Gauge fields
7. Lattice gauge theory
8. Group integration
9. Gauge-invariance and order parameters
10. Strong coupling
11. Weak coupling
12. Renormalization and the continuum limit
13. Asymptotic freedom and dimensional transmutation
14. Mean field theory
15. The Hamiltonian approach
16. Discrete groups and duality
17. Migdal-Kadanoff recursion relations
18. Monte Carlo simulation I: the method
19. Monte Carlo simulation II: measuring observables
20. Beyond the Wilson action
References
Index.
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