Gauge Fields and Strings

by A. M. Polyakov

Overview

Based on his own work, the author synthesizes the most promising approaches and ideals in field theory today. He presents such subjects as statistical mechanics, quantum field theory and their interrelation, continuous global symmetry, non-Abelian gauge fields, instantons and the quantam theory of loops, and quantum strings and random surfaces. This book is aimed at postgraduate students studying field theory and statistical mechanics, and for research workers in continuous global theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351446082
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	05/02/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	312
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

A.M. Polyakov

Table of Contents

PREFACE TO THE SERIES, PREFACE, CHAPTER 1: STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND QUANTUM FIELD THEORY, CHAPTER 2: ASYMPTOTIC FREEDOM AND THE RENORMALIZATION GROUP, CHAPTER 3: THE STRONG COUPLING EXPANSION, CHAPTER 4: INSTANTONS IN ABELIAN SYSTEMS, CHAPTER 5: QUARK CONFINEMENT, SUPERFLUIDITY, ELASTICITY. CRITERIA AND ANALOGIES, CHAPTER 6: TOPOLOGY OF GAUGE FIELDS AND RELATED PROBLEMS, CHAPTER 7: ANALOGIES BETWEEN GAUGE AND CHIRAL FIELDS. LOOP DYNAMICS, CHAPTER 8: THE LARGE N EXPANSION, CHAPTER 9: QUANTUM STRINGS AND RANDOM SURFACES, CHAPTER 10: ATTEMPT AT A SYNTHESIS, SUBJECT INDEX

Editorial Reviews

...Polyakov has brought forth a book that yields a remarkable harvest of insight into field theory. In an unconventional yet beautifully clear approach, he leads us through the subtleties of quantum field theory and statistical mechanics, exploring their relationship along the way...a useful tool to anyone carrying out research at the forefront of field theory.

Physics in Canada

Theoretical physicists of all varieties will be impressed by the breadth of view and the depth of the arguments that Polyakov offers....

Physics Today