Effective Field Theories

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List of contents

Preface. 1. Basic concepts; 2. Non-relativistic effective theories; 3. Symmetries; 4. Low-energy effective field theory of QCD; 5. Effective theories in a finite volume; 6. Exercises; Appendix; Index.

About the author

Ulf-G Meißner is Professor in Theoretical Physics at Bonn University, Germany and Director at the Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany. His research focuses on strong interaction physics, especially nuclear and particle physics. He was awarded the Lise-Meitner prize of the European Physical Society and the Distinguished Scientist Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.Akaki Rusetsky works at the Helmholtz Institute for Radiation and Nuclear Physics at Bonn University, Germany. His research focuses on strong interaction physics, effective field theories and lattice field theories. He received the Visiting Scientist award under the Chinese Academy of Sciences President's International Fellowship Initiative.

Summary

Effective field theories are a widely used tool in various branches of physics. Intended for graduate students and researchers, this book focuses on the effective field theories of the strong interactions in the light quark sector and connects them to forefront investigations.

Product details

• Authors: Ulf-g Meissner, Ulf-G (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Uni Meissner, Ulf-G (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn) Meissner, Akaki Rusetsky, Akaki (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn) Rusetsky
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781108476980
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47698-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Mechanics, acoustics; Gravity, SCIENCE / Physics / Condensed Matter, SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Nuclear physics, Particle & high-energy physics, Mathematical physics, Particle and high-energy physics, SCIENCE / Physics / Gravity, SCIENCE / Physics / Particle