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050 0 0 _aQC174.17.M35
_bP36 2018
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100 1 _aParanjape, M. B.,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe theory and applications of instanton calculations /
_cManu Paranjape, Université de Montréal.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2018.
300 _a1 online resource (xiv, 309 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 17 Nov 2017).
505 0 _aQuantum mechanics and the path integral -- The symmetric double well -- Decay of a meta-stable state -- Quantum field theory and the path integral -- Decay of the false vacuum -- Large orders in perturbation theory -- Quantum electrodynamics in 1+1 dimensions -- The Polyakov proof of confinement -- Monopole pair production -- Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) -- Instantons, supersymmetry and Morse theory.
520 _aInstantons, or pseudoparticles, are solutions to the equations of motion in classical field theories on a Euclidean spacetime. Instantons are found everywhere in quantum theories as they have many applications in quantum tunnelling. Diverse physical phenomena may be described through quantum tunnelling, for example: the Josephson effect, the decay of meta-stable nuclear states, band formation in tight binding models of crystalline solids, the structure of the gauge theory vacuum, confinement in 2+1 dimensions, and the decay of superheated or supercooled phases. Drawing inspiration from Sidney Coleman's Erice lectures, this volume provides an accessible, detailed introduction to instanton methods, with many applications, making it a valuable resource for graduate students in many areas of physics, from condensed matter, particle and nuclear physics, to string theory.
650 0 _aQuantum field theory
_xMathematics.
650 0 _aInstantons.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107155473
830 0 _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781316658741
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