Quarks, Leptons & Gauge Fields - Hardcover

Huang, Kerson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9971950030 ISBN 13: 9789971950033

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 1982

Synopsis

The main content of this book is an introduction to Yang-mills fields and the standard model of particle physics. A concise introduction to quarks is provided, with a discussion of the representations of SU(3). The standard model is presented in detail, including such topics as the Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix, chiral symmetry breaking and the omega-vacuum. Theoretical topics of a more general nature include path integrals, topological solitons, renormalization group, effective potentials, the axial anomaly and lattice gauge theory. This second edition has been expanded and includes Wilson's renormalization scheme, and its relation to perturbative renormalization; pitfalls in quantizing gauge fields, such as the Gribov ambiguity; the lattice as a consistent regularization; Monte Carlo methods of solution; and the issues, folklores and scenarios of quark confinement.

About this edition

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 9971950030
• ISBN 13: 9789971950033
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 292