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INSTANTONS IN GAUGE THEORIES
edited by M Shifman (University of Minnesota)
This volume is a compilation of works which, taken together, give a complete and consistent presentation of instanton calculus in non-Abelian gauge theories, as it exists now. Some of the papers reproduced are instanton classics. Among other things, they show from a historical perspective how the instanton solution has been found, the motivation behind it and how the physical meaning of instantons has been revealed. Other papers are devoted to different aspects of instanton formalism including instantons in supersymmetric gauge theories. A few unsolved problems associated with instantons are described in great detail. The papers are organized into several sections that are linked both logically and historically, accompanied by extensive comments.
Contents:
- BPST Instantons: Discovery and Physical Interpretation
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Collective Coordinates and the Instanton Measure
- Multi-Instanton Solutions
- Green Functions in the Instanton Background
- Fermions
- Constrained Instantons, I-A Interaction and the Valley Method
- Supersymmetric Instantons
- Reviews
Readership: High energy physicists, mathematical physicists and
mathematicians.
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Pub. date: Jul 1994 |
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