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024 7 _a10.1017/9781009402705
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040 _aStDuBDS
_beng
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050 4 _aQC174.45
_b.S58 2023
082 0 4 _a530.143
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100 1 _aSmit, Jan,
_d1943-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aIntroduction to quantum fields on a lattice :
_b'a robust mate' /
_cJan Smit.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2023.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 271 pages) :
_billustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_bsti
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge lecture notes in physics ;
_v15
500 _aAlso issued in print: 2023.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
506 0 _aOpen access.
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
520 8 _aThis book provides a concise 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. Originally published in 2002, this title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.
521 _aSpecialized.
588 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 25, 2023).
650 0 _aLattice field theory.
650 0 _aQuantum field theory.
776 0 8 _iPrint version :
_z9781009402743
830 0 _aCambridge lecture notes in physics ;
_v15.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009402705
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