F. Strocchi9810211430, 9789810211431
This book provides a readable account of the foundations of QFT, in particular of the Euclidean formulation with emphasis on the interplay between physical requirements and mathematical structures. The general structures underlying the conventional local (renormalizable) formulation of gauge QFT are discussed also on the basis of simple models. The mechanism of confinement, non-trivial topology and θ-vacua, chiral symmetry breaking and solution of the U(1) problem are clarified through a careful analysis of the Schwinger model, which settles unclear or debated points. |
Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages N2-IX
Introduction….Pages 1-3
Classical theory of HI collisions….Pages 3-41
Gross properties of HI reactions. Compound-nucleus formation….Pages 42-79
Some elements of nuclear scattering theory….Pages 80-88
Elastic scattering….Pages 89-151
Coulomb excitation….Pages 152-177
Inelastic scattering and transfer reactions….Pages 178-222
Statistical theory….Pages 223-251
Atomic effects in ion-atom collisions….Pages 252-268
Back Matter….Pages 269-277 |
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