Field Theoretical Tools for Polymer and Particle Physics

Erich Eisenriegler (auth.), Hildegard Meyer-Ortmanns, Andreas Klümper (eds.)3540643087, 9783540643081

The book is written for advanced graduate students. The topics have been selected to present methods and models that have applications in both particle physics and polymer physics. The lectures may serve as a guide through more recent research activities and illustrate the applicability of joint methods in different contexts. The book deals with analytic tools (e.g. random walk models, polymer expansion), numerical tools (e.g. Langevin dynamics), and common models (the three-dimensional Gross-Neveu-Model).

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Table of contents :
Random walks in polymer physics….Pages 1-24
Random walks in field theory….Pages 25-44
Polymer expansion in particle physics….Pages 45-67
Polymers, spin models and field theory….Pages 68-77
Reaction-diffusion mechanisms and quantum spin systems….Pages 78-102
Bosonization in particle physics….Pages 103-114
Hadronization in particle physics….Pages 115-121
The hybrid monte carlo algorithm for quantum chromodynamics….Pages 122-132
The hybrid monte carlo method for polymer chains….Pages 133-142
Simulations of toy proteins….Pages 143-154
Two lectures on phase mixing: Nucleation and symmetry restoration….Pages 155-172
Neural networks and confidence limit estimates….Pages 173-191
The gross-neveu model and QCDs chiral phase transition….Pages 192-230
The TBA, the gross-neveu model, and polyacetylene….Pages 231-239
Solitons in polyacetylene….Pages 240-256