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024 7 _a10.1017/9781009402095
_2doi
040 _aStDuBDS
_beng
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050 0 _aQC793.3.G38
_bM35 2023
082 0 4 _a530.1435
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100 1 _aMakeenko, Yuri,
_d1951-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMethods of contemporary gauge theory /
_cYuri Makeenko.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2023.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 417 pages) :
_billustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
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336 _astill image
_bsti
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics
500 _aPreviously issued in print: 2002.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
506 0 _aOpen access.
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
520 8 _aThis 2002 book introduces the quantum theory of gauge fields. Emphasis is placed on four non-perturbative methods: path integrals, lattice gauge theories, the 1/N expansion, and reduced matrix models, all of which have important contemporary applications. Written as a textbook, it assumes a knowledge of quantum mechanics and elements of perturbation theory, while many relevant concepts are pedagogically introduced at a basic level in the first half of the book. The second half comprehensively covers large-N Yang-Mills theory. The book uses an approach to gauge theories based on path-dependent phase factors known as the Wilson loops, and contains problems with detailed solutions to aid understanding. Suitable for advanced graduate courses in quantum field theory, the book will also be of interest to researchers in high energy theory and condensed matter physics as a survey of recent developments in gauge theory.
521 _aSpecialized.
588 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 25, 2023).
650 0 _aGauge fields (Physics)
776 0 8 _iPrint version :
_z9781009402057
830 0 _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009402095
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