Lattice gauge theories : an introduction /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Hackensack, N.J. :
World Scientific,
c2012
Singapore ; Hackensack N.J. : c2012 Singapore ; Hackensack N.J. : ©2012 |
| Edition: | 4th ed |
| Series: | World Scientific lecture notes in physics ;
v. 82 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The path integral approach to quantization
- 3. The free scalar field on the lattice
- 4. Fermions on the lattice
- 5. Abelian gauge fields on the lattice and compact QED
- 6. Non abelian gauge fields on the lattice compact QCD
- 7. The Wilson loop and the static quark-antiquark potential
- 8. The QQ-potential in some simple models
- 9. The continuum limit of lattice QCD
- 10. Lattice sum rules
- 11. The strong coupling expansion
- 12. The hopping parameter expansion
- 13. Weak coupling expansion (I). The [phi]³-theory
- 14. Weak coupling expansion (II). lattice QED
- 15. Weak coupling expansion (III). lattice QED
- 16. Monte Carlo methods
- 17. Some results of Monte Carlo calculations
- 18. Path-integral representation of the thermodynamical partition function for some solvable bosonic and fermionic systems
- 19. Finite temperature perturbation theory off and on the lattice
- 20. Non-perturbative QCD at finite temperature
- Appendices