Fields and Particles Proceedings of the XXIX Int. Universitätswochen für Kernphysik, Schladming, Austria, March 1990

Fields and Particles Proceedings of the XXIX Int. Universitätswochen für Kernphysik, Schladming, Austria, March 1990 / edited by Heinrich Mitter, Wolfgang Schweiger.

This volume contains the written versions of invited lectures presented at the 29th "Internationale Universitatswochen fiir Kernphysik" in Schladming, Aus­ tria, in March 1990. The generous support of our sponsors, the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research, the Government of Styria, an...

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Other Authors: Mitter, Heinrich (Editor), Schweiger, Wolfgang (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1990.
Edition:1st ed. 1990.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Elementary particles (Physics).
Quantum field theory.
Quantum computers.
Spintronics.
Quantum physics.
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Table of Contents:
  • An Introduction to Integrable Models and Conformal Field Theory
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Integrable Continuum Models — The Inverse Scattering Method — Solitons
  • 3. Integrable Lattice Systems
  • 4. Conformal Field Theory
  • References
  • An Introduction to the Renormalization of Theories with Continuous Symmetries, to the Chiral Models and to Their Anomalies
  • 1. The Renormalization of Field Equations
  • 2. The Renormalization of Models with Continuous Symmetries
  • 3. The Chiral Models and Their Current Algebra
  • References
  • Quantum Field Theory in Low Dimensional Space Time
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Algebraic Approach to Quantum Field Theory
  • 3. Composition of Sectors
  • 4. Statistics
  • 5. Left Inverses, Markov Traces and the Possible Braid Group Representations
  • 6. The 2-Channel Situation
  • 7. Exchange Algebras and R-Matrices
  • 8. Rehren’s Derivation of the Verlinde Algebra
  • 9. Braid Group Statistics in 3 Dimensions
  • 10. Conformal Light Cone Theories
  • 11. Soliton Sectors in 2d Minkowski Space
  • References
  • From Integrable Models to Quantum Groups
  • 1. Introduction to the Quantum Inverse Scattering Method
  • 2. Quantum Groups
  • 3. The Liouville Model
  • 4. The Wess-Zumino-Novikov-Witten Model
  • References
  • Topics in Planar Physics
  • 1. Overview
  • 2. Planar Gauge Theories
  • 3. Planar Gravity
  • References
  • Boundary Terms, Long Range Effects, and Chiral Symmetry Breaking
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Hamiltonian Approach: Coupling to the Boundary and Variables at Infinity
  • 3. The Lagrangean and Functional Integral Approach. Boundary Ward Identities
  • 4. The Schwinger Model and the ? Angle Problem
  • 5. Fermionic Integration, Boundary Conditions, and Chiral Symmetry
  • 5. References
  • Two-Dimensional Nonlinear Sigma Models: Orthodoxy and Heresy
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Beliefs
  • 3. Critique
  • 4. Heresy: Strategy for a Proof
  • 5. Conclusions
  • References
  • Gauge-Independence of Anomalies
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Gauge-Invariance, Gauge-Dependence, External Symmetry
  • 3. Quantization
  • 4. Extended BRS-Identity, Internal Anomaiy
  • 5. External Symmetries, External Anomalies
  • 6. Ghost Number Anomaly for the Bosonic String
  • 7. The Symmetry Extended BRS-Technique
  • 8. Examples
  • Appendix A: A Toy Model for [s,?a] ? 0
  • References
  • LEPs The First Hundred Days
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Electroweak Physics Results
  • 3. QCD Results
  • 4. Searches and Limits
  • 5. LEP: What Next?
  • References
  • QCD and Nuclear Structure
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Realm of Light Nuclei
  • 3. A New Interpretation of Conventional Shell Structure
  • 4. Conclusion
  • References.

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