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An introduction to the confinement problem / Jeff Greensite.

Title
An introduction to the confinement problem / Jeff Greensite.
Author
Greensite, Jeff.
Publication
Berlin : Springer, c2011.

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Description
xi, 211 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
Series Statement
Lecture notes in physics, 1616-6361 ; 821
Uniform Title
  • Lecture Notes in Physics, 821
  • Lecture notes in physics 821.
Subject
  • Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
  • Gauge fields (Physics)
  • Mathematical Methods in Physics
  • Mathematical physics
  • Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
  • Nuclear physics
  • Particles (Nuclear physics)
  • Physics
  • Quantum Field Theories, String Theory
  • Quantum chromodynamics
  • Quantum theory
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available as ebook.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Global symmetry, local symmetry, and the lattice -- What is confinement? -- Order parameters for confinement -- Properties of the confining force -- Confinement from center vortices I -- Confinement from center vortices II -- Monopoles, calorons, and dual superconductivity -- Coulomb confinement -- Ghosts, gluons, and Dyson-Schwinger equations -- Large-N, planar diagrams, and the gluon-chain model -- The vacuum wavefunctional -- Anti-deSitter space and confinement.
ISBN
  • 3642143814
  • 9783642143816