Large N Expansion in Quantum Field Theory and Statistical Physics, The: From Spin Systems to 2-Dimensional Gravity

This book contains an edited comprehensive collection of reprints on the subject of the large N limit as applied to a wide spectrum of problems in quantum field theory and statistical mechanics. The topics include (1) Spin Systems; (2) Large N Limit of Gauge Theories; (3) Two-Dimensional QCD; (4) Exact Results on Planar Perturbation Series and the Nature of the 1/N Series; (5) Schwinger-Dyson Equations Approach; (6) QCD Phenomenological Lagrangians and the Large N Limit; (7) Other Approaches to Large N: Eguchi-Kawai Model, Collective Fields and Numerical Methods; (8) Matrix Models; (9) Two-Dimensional Gravity and String Theory.

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• Authors: E. Brezin, S. R. Wadia
• Assisted by: Edouard Brezin (Editor), Spenta R Wadia (Editor), Spenta R. Wadia (Editor)
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1993
• EAN: 9789810204563
• ISBN: 978-981-02-0456-3
• No. of pages: 1114
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 249 mm x 57 mm
• Weight: 1856 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics