An Introduction to the Confinement Problem
Greensite, Jeff.
An Introduction to the Confinement Problem [electronic resource] / by Jeff Greensite. - XI, 211 p. 86 illus., 29 illus. in color. online resource. - Lecture Notes in Physics, 821 0075-8450 ; . - Lecture Notes in Physics, 821 .
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.
9783642143823
10.1007/978-3-642-14382-3 doi
Nuclear physics.
Mathematical physics.
Quantum theory.
Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.
Mathematical Methods in Physics.
Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.
Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.
QC770-798 QC702.7.H42 QC793.5.H32-793.5.H329
539.7092
An Introduction to the Confinement Problem [electronic resource] / by Jeff Greensite. - XI, 211 p. 86 illus., 29 illus. in color. online resource. - Lecture Notes in Physics, 821 0075-8450 ; . - Lecture Notes in Physics, 821 .
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.
9783642143823
10.1007/978-3-642-14382-3 doi
Nuclear physics.
Mathematical physics.
Quantum theory.
Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.
Mathematical Methods in Physics.
Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.
Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.
QC770-798 QC702.7.H42 QC793.5.H32-793.5.H329
539.7092