The large N expansion in quantum field theory and statistical physics : from spin systems to 2-dimensional gravity

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The large N expansion in quantum field theory and statistical physics : from spin systems to 2-dimensional gravity

editors, Edouard Brézin, Spenta R. Wadia

World Scientific, c1993

  • : hard
  • : pbk.

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Description

This book contains an edited comprehensive collection of reprints on the subject of the large N limit as applied to a wide spectrum of problems in quantum field theory and statistical mechanics. The topics include (1) Spin Systems; (2) Large N Limit of Gauge Theories; (3) Two-Dimensional QCD; (4) Exact Results on Planar Perturbation Series and the Nature of the 1/N Series; (5) Schwinger-Dyson Equations Approach; (6) QCD Phenomenological Lagrangians and the Large N Limit; (7) Other Approaches to Large N: Eguchi-Kawai Model, Collective Fields and Numerical Methods; (8) Matrix Models; (9) Two-Dimensional Gravity and String Theory.

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  • NCID
    BA21108701
  • ISBN
    • 9810204558
    • 9810204566
  • Country Code
    si
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Singapore
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 1130 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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