Koha online

Your cart is empty.
Normal view MARC view ISBD view

An Introduction to the Confinement Problem [electronic resource] /by Jeff Greensite.

by Greensite, Jeff [author.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Lecture Notes in Physics: 821Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.Description: XI, 211p. online resource.ISBN: 9783642143823.Subject(s): Physics | Mathematical physics | Nuclear physics | Quantum theory | Physics | Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons | Mathematical Methods in Physics | Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory | Quantum Field Theories, String TheoryDDC classification: 539.7092 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- Global Symmetry, Local Symmetry, and the Lattice -- What is Confinement?- Order Parameters for Confinement -- Properties of the Confining Force -- Confinement From Center Vortices I -- 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 -- Concluding Remarks -- Index.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This book addresses the confinement problem, which quite generally deals with the behavior of non-abelian gauge theories, and the force which is mediated by gauge fields, at large distances.The word “confinement” in the context of hadronic physics originally referred to the fact that quarks and gluons appear to be trapped inside mesons and baryons, from which they cannot escape. There are other, and possibly deeper meanings that can be attached to the term, and these will be explored in this book. Although the confinement problem is far from solved, much is now known about the general features of the confining force, and there are a number of very well motivated theories of confinement which are under active investigation. This volume gives a both pedagogical and concise introduction and overview of the main ideas in this field, their attractive features, and, as appropriate, their shortcomings.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Add tag(s)
Log in to add tags.
    average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Item type Current location Call number Status Date due Barcode
QC702.7.H42 (Browse shelf) Available
QC793.5.H32-793.5.H329 (Browse shelf) Available
Long Loan MAIN LIBRARY
QC770-798 (Browse shelf) Available

Introduction -- Global Symmetry, Local Symmetry, and the Lattice -- What is Confinement?- Order Parameters for Confinement -- Properties of the Confining Force -- Confinement From Center Vortices I -- 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 -- Concluding Remarks -- Index.

This book addresses the confinement problem, which quite generally deals with the behavior of non-abelian gauge theories, and the force which is mediated by gauge fields, at large distances.The word “confinement” in the context of hadronic physics originally referred to the fact that quarks and gluons appear to be trapped inside mesons and baryons, from which they cannot escape. There are other, and possibly deeper meanings that can be attached to the term, and these will be explored in this book. Although the confinement problem is far from solved, much is now known about the general features of the confining force, and there are a number of very well motivated theories of confinement which are under active investigation. This volume gives a both pedagogical and concise introduction and overview of the main ideas in this field, their attractive features, and, as appropriate, their shortcomings.

There are no comments for this item.

Log in to your account to post a comment.
@ Jomo Kenyatta University Of Agriculture and Technology Library

Powered by Koha