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Gauge Fields and Strings /

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"Based on his own work, the author synthesizes the most promising approaches and ideals in field theory today. He presents such subjects as statistical mechanics, quantum field theory and their interrelation, continuous global symmetry, non-Abelian gauge fields, instantons and the quantam theor...

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Main Author: Polyakov, A. M. (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Taylor and Francis, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Gauge fields (Physics)
String models.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • chapter 1 Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory / A.M. Polyakov
  • chapter 2 Asymptotic Freedom and the Renormalization Group / A.M. Polyakov
  • chapter 3 The Strong Coupling Expansion / A.M. Polyakov
  • chapter 4 Instantons in Abelian Systems / A.M. Polyakov
  • chapter 5 Quark Confinement, Superfluidity, Elasticity. Criteria and Analogies / A.M. Polyakov
  • chapter 6 Topology of Gauge Fields and Related Problems / A.M. Polyakov
  • chapter 7 Analogies Between Gauge and Chiral Fields. Loop Dynamics / A.M. Polyakov
  • chapter 8 The Large N Expansion / A.M. Polyakov
  • chapter 9 Quantum Strings and Random Surfaces / A.M. Polyakov
  • chapter 10 Attempt at a Synthesis / A.M. Polyakov.