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Informationen zum Autor Vladimir Gribov was one of the leading physicists of the twentieth century. Klappentext A rigorous introduction to the theory of complex angular momenta! based on lectures by Vladimir Gribov. Zusammenfassung This 2003 book is a rigorous introduction to the theory of complex angular momenta! based on the methods of field theory. This is an English translation of the famous lecture course given by Vladimir Gribov in 1969. Besides their historical significance! these lectures are highly relevant to modern research in theoretical physics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Yuri Dokshitzer; Introduction Yuri Dokshitzer and Leonid Frankfurt; 1. High energy hadron scattering; 2. Physics of the t-channel and complex angular momenta; 3. Singularities of partial waves and unitarity; 4. Properties of Regge poles; 5. Regge poles in high energy scattering; 6. Scattering of particles with spin; 7. Fermion Regge poles; 8. Regge poles in perturbation theory; 9. Reggeization of an electron; 10. Vector field theory; 11. Inconsistency of the Regge pole picture; 12. Two-reggeon exchange and branch point singularities in the l plane; 13. Properties of Mandelstam branch singularities; 14. Reggeon diagrams; 15. Interacting reggeons; 16. Reggeon field theory; 17. The structure of weak and strong coupling solutions; Appendix A: space-time description of the hadron interactions at high energies; Appendix B: character of inclusive spectra and fluctuations produced in inelastic processes by multi-pomeron exchange; Appendix C: theory of the heavy pomeron; Index.
