Path Integrals and Anomalies in Curved Space

Informationen zum Autor Fiorenzo Bastianelli is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Bologna. Peter van Nieuwenhuizen is Distinguished Professor of Physics at SUNY at Stony Brook. He received the Dirac Medal in 1993 for the discovery of Supergravity. Klappentext Advanced introduction to a powerful method for describing quantum phenomena for researchers and graduate students. Zusammenfassung This book introduces path integrals! a powerful method for describing quantum phenomena! and then uses them to compute anomalies in quantum field theories. An advanced text for researchers and graduate students of quantum field theory and string theory! it also provides a stand-alone introduction to path integrals in quantum mechanics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. Path Integrals for Quantum Mechanics in Curved Space: 1. Introduction to path integrals; 2. Time slicing; 3. Mode regularization; 4. Dimensional regularization; Part II. Applications to Anomalies: 5. Introduction to anomalies; 6. Chiral anomalies from susy quantum fields; 7. Trace anomalies from ordinary and susy quantum mechanics; 8. Conclusions and summary; Appendices A-F; References; Index.

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• Authors: Fiorenzo Bastianelli, Fiorenzo (Universita Degli Studi Bastianelli, Fiorenzo Nieuwenhuizen Bastianelli, Peter van Nieuwenhuizen, Peter Van Nieuwenhuizen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.07.2006
• EAN: 9780521847612
• ISBN: 978-0-521-84761-2
• No. of pages: 398
• Series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathem
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous