Fundamental Interactions Cargèse 1981 / edited by Jean-Louis Basdevant, Maurice Levy.

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Other Authors: Basdevant, Jean-Louis (Editor), Levy, Maurice (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1982.
Edition:1st ed. 1982.
Series:Nato Science Series B:, Physics, 85
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Table of Contents:
  • Functional Methods in Quantum Field Theory
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Path Integrals
  • III. Feynman Diagrams
  • IV. Fermions
  • V. Ghosts
  • References
  • to Electro-Weak Interactions
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Gauge Invariance
  • III. Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
  • IV. The Standard Model
  • V. Anomalies
  • VI. Fermi Mass Matrix
  • VII. CP
  • VIII. Things to look for
  • References
  • The Weak Interactions in the Confining Phase
  • References
  • Heavy Quark Systems
  • Electron-Positron Interactions at High Energies
  • I. Introduction
  • II. PETRA and PEP
  • III. The structure of Leptons
  • IV. Weak Neutral Current Contributions to Lepton Pair Production
  • V. Search for new Particles
  • VI. Jet Formation in e+e? annihilation
  • VII. Quark and Gluon Fragmentation
  • References
  • e+e? Collisions at CESR
  • I. CESR, CLEO and CUSB
  • II. Upsilon bound state spectroscopy and tests of QCD
  • III. B Meson Decays and Tests of the standard weak interaction
  • References
  • e+e? Physics at Very Large Energies
  • O. Abstract
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Interference between electromagnetic and neutral weak currents
  • III. Z° Decays
  • IV. W+W? Production
  • V. Higgs Bosons
  • VI. Conclusions
  • References
  • Theoretical Aspects in Perturbative QCD
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The LLA and beyond
  • III. The Photon Structure Functions
  • IV. Prescription and Scale dependence for the running coupling
  • V. Spacelike and Timelike Structure Functions beyond LLA
  • VI. An Asymptotic Formula for Multiplicities
  • VII. The Sudakov Form Factor of Partons
  • VIII. Examples of Doubly Logarithmic Effects of Physical Interest
  • References
  • Dynamical Mass Generation For Quarks and Leptons
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Technicolour and its Extension
  • III. ETC Issues, Answers and Problems
  • IV. Alternatives to ETC ?
  • V. Composite Quarks and Leptons
  • References
  • Quark Confinement and Lepton Liberation in an Anisotropic Space Time
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Is Hadron Dynamics 2-dimensional ?
  • III. The Anisotropic Space-Time
  • IV. The Anisotropic Yang-Mills Interactions
  • V. Quantum Fluctuations and the Role of Chirality
  • VI. Gauge Invariance Restored
  • VII. The Structure of Strong Interactions
  • References
  • Physics at Collider Energies
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Hunting the Weak Vector Bosons
  • III. The Dominant Hadron Processes
  • IV. Jet Phenomena
  • V. Conclusion
  • References
  • Proton Lifetime Experiments
  • I. Theoretical Preamble
  • II. The Experimental Problem
  • III. Status of N Decay Studies
  • IV. The Future
  • V. Other Possibilities Offered by these Set-Ups
  • VI. n — $$ rm bar{n}$$ Oscillations
  • References
  • Quantum Field Theory and Cosmology
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Hot Big Bang Theory
  • III. Entropy Generation
  • IV. Quantum Gravity
  • References
  • The Confinement Phenomenon in Quantum Field Theory
  • O. Abstract
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Scalar Field Theory
  • III. Bose Condensation
  • IV. Goldstone Particles
  • V. Higgs Mechanism
  • VI. Vortex Tubes
  • VII. Dirac’s Magnetic Monopoles
  • VIII. Unitary Gauge
  • IX. Phantom Solitons
  • X. Non-Abelian Gauge Theory
  • XI. Unitary Gauge
  • XII. A Topological Object
  • XIII. The Macroscopic Variables
  • XIV. The Dirac Condition in the EM Charge Spectrum
  • XV. Oblique Confinement
  • XVI. Fermions out of Bosons and vice-versa
  • XVII. Other Condensation Modes
  • References
  • Developments in Particle Physics
  • I. The Fermion Family
  • II. On Symmetry Breaking
  • III. Neutrinos
  • IV, Majorons
  • V. Axions
  • VI. The Future.