Selected topics on the general properties of quantum field theory

Author(s)

• Strocchi, F.

Bibliographic Information

Selected topics on the general properties of quantum field theory

lecture notes by F. Strocchi

（World Scientific lecture notes in physics, vol. 51）

World Scientific, c1993

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book provides a readable account of the foundations of QFT, in particular of the Euclidean formulation with emphasis on the interplay between physical requirements and mathematical structures. The general structures underlying the conventional local (renormalizable) formulation of gauge QFT are discussed also on the basis of simple models. The mechanism of confinement, non-trivial topology and θ-vacua, chiral symmetry breaking and solution of the U(1) problem are clarified through a careful analysis of the Schwinger model, which settles unclear or debated points.

Table of Contents

• General Properties of Relativistic Quantum Field Theory
• Analyticity Properties of Wightman Functions
• Euclidean Quantum Field Theory
• Some General Results in QFT
• Local Formulations of Gauge Theories
• Examples.

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Details

• NCID: BA21564449
• ISBN:
  • 9810211430
  • 981021149X
• Country Code: si
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Singapore ; New Jersey
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 173 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00980660