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020 _a9780511564031 (ebook)
020 _z9780521252935 (hardback)
020 _z9780521347853 (paperback)
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_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aQC793.3.F5
_bO69 1986
082 0 0 _a530.1/43
_219
100 1 _aO'Raifeartaigh, L.
_q(Lochlainn),
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aGroup structure of gauge theories /
_cL. O'Raifeartaigh.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1986.
300 _a1 online resource (ix, 172 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aThis monograph provides an account of the structure of gauge theories from a group theoretical point of view. The first part of the text is devoted to a review of those aspects of compact Lie groups (the Lie algebras, the representation theory, and the global structure) which are necessary for the application of group theory to the physics of particles and fields. The second part describes the way in which compact Lie groups are used to construct gauge theories. Models that describe the known fundamental interactions and the proposed unification of these interactions (grand unified theories) are considered in some detail. The book concludes with an up to date description of the group structure of spontaneous symmetry breakdown, which plays a vital role in these interactions. This book will be of interest to graduate students and to researchers in theoretical physics and applied mathematics, especially those interested in the applications of differential geometry and group theory in physics.
650 0 _aGauge fields (Physics)
650 0 _aBroken symmetry (Physics)
650 0 _aLie groups.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521252935
830 0 _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511564031
999 _c518329
_d518327