R. Rajaraman

Solitons and Instantons

An Introduction to Solitons and Instantons in Quantum Field Theory

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers an elementary and unified introduction to the non-perturbative results obtained in relativistic quantum field theory based on classical soliton and instanton solutions. This book also describes vacuum tunneling, u-vacua and the dilute-instanton-gas approximation.

Produktdetails

• North-Holland Personal Library Volume 15
• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology / North Holland
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2009-0-08507-9
• 1987.
• Seitenzahl: 418
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 19mm x 156mm x 234mm
• Gewicht: 660g
• ISBN-13: 9780444870476
• ISBN-10: 0444870474
• Artikelnr.: 21661086

Inhaltsangabe

1. Preface cum introduction. 2. Classical solitons and solitary waves. 3. Monopoles and such. 4. Classical instanton solutions. 5. Quantisation of static solutions. 6. Functional integrals and the WKB method. 7. Some exact results. 8. Collective coordinates and canonical methods. 9. Semiclassical methods for Fermi fields. 10. Instantons in quantum theory. 11. Some more instanton effects. Appendices. References. Index.

Rezensionen

"The standard of exposition throughout is of the highest, great clarity being produced by starting each topic with a very simple, usually familiar example." --Contemporary Physics