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100 1  Shifman, Mikhail A.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       n92059329 
245 10 Advanced Topics in Quantum Field Theory :|ba Lecture 
       Course. 
264  1 Cambridge :|bCambridge University Press,|c2012. 
300    1 online resource (642 pages) 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
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504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Cover; Advanced Topics in Quantum Field Theory: A Lecture 
       Course; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 
       References; Acknowledgments; Conventions, notation, useful
       general formulas, abbreviations; Abbreviations; 
       Introduction; References for the Introduction; PART I: 
       BEFORE SUPERSYMMETRY; 1 Phases of gauge theories; 1 
       Spontaneous symmetry breaking; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Real 
       scalar field with Z2-invariant interactions; 1.3 Symmetric
       vacuum; 1.4 Nonsymmetric vacuum; 1.5 Equivalence of 
       asymmetric vacua; 1.6 Spontaneous breaking of the 
       continuous symmetry. 
520    Devoted specifically to modern field theory, this is an 
       indispensable book for graduate students and researchers 
       in theoretical physics. 
588 0  Print version record. 
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880 8  |6505-00/(S|a22 Applications: Baryon number 
       nonconservation at high energy -- 22.1 Where baryon number
       violation comes from -- 22.1.1 Chiral theory: what is it--
       22.1.2 Simplifying the standard model -- 22.1.3 Anomalous 
       and nonanomalous global symmetries -- 22.1.4 Instanton-
       induced effects -- 22.1.5 High temperature -- 23 
       Instantons at high energies -- 23.1 Cross section of 
       instanton-induced processes -- 23.2 The holy grail 
       function -- 23.3 Total cross section via dispersion 
       relation -- 23.3.1 W bosons -- 23.3.2 Higgs particles -- 
       23.3.3 Deriving the general formula -- 23.4 Premature 
       unitarization -- 24 Other ideas concerning baryon number 
       violation -- Exercise -- 25 Appendices -- 25.1 Gauge 
       coupling renormalization in gauge theories. Screening 
       versus antiscreening -- 25.2 Relation between PV and the s
       used in perturbative calculations -- References for 
       Chapter 5 -- 6 Isotropic (anti)ferromagnet: O(3) sigma 
       model and extensions, including CP(N − 1) -- 26 O(3) 
       sigma model -- 26.1 The S field and O(3) model -- 26.2 
       Representation in complex fields: CP(1) model -- 27 
       Extensions: CP(N − 1) models -- 27.1 CP(N −1) models -- 
       27.2 An alternative formulation of CP(N − 1) models -- 
       Exercises -- 28 Asymptotic freedom in the O(3) sigma model
       -- 28.1 Goldstone fields in perturbation theory -- 28.2 
       Perturbation theory and background field method -- 28.3 
       Shortcut (or what you can do with experience) -- 28.4 The 
       β functions of CP(N − 1) -- Exercises -- 29 Instantons in
       CP(1) -- Exercise -- 30 The Goldstone theorem in two 
       dimensions -- 30.1 The Goldstone theorem -- 30.2 Why does 
       this argument not work in two dimensions-- Exercise -- 
       References for Chapter 6 -- 7 False-vacuum decay and 
       related topics -- 31 False-vacuum decay -- 31.1 Euclidean 
       tunneling -- 31.2 False-vacuum decay in Minkowski 
       space−time -- Exercise -- 32 False-vacuum decay: 
       applications. 
880 8  |6505-00/(S|a32.1 Decay of metastable strings -- 32.2 
       Domain-wall fusion -- 32.3 Breaking flux tubes through 
       monopole pair production: the microscopic physics -- 
       32.3.1 Formulation of the extended model -- 32.3.2 A brief
       review of ANO strings -- 32.3.3 Decaying strings: an 
       unwinding configuration -- 32.3.4 A microscopic view of 
       string breaking through tunneling -- Exercise -- 
       References for Chapter 7 -- 8 Chiral anomaly -- 33 Chiral 
       anomaly in the Schwinger model -- 33.1 Schwinger model on 
       a circle -- 33.2 Dirac sea: the vacuum wave function -- 
       33.3 Ultraviolet regularization -- 33.4 The theta vacuum -
       - 33.5 Topological aspects -- 33.6 The necessity of the θ 
       Vacuum -- 33.7 Two faces of the anomaly* -- Exercise -- 34
       Anomalies in QCD and similar non-Abelian gauge theories --
       34.1 Chiral anomaly in the singlet axial current -- 34.1.1
       The Schwinger regularization -- 34.1.2 Pauli-Villars 
       regularization -- 34.1.3 The chiral anomaly for generic 
       fermions -- 34.2 Introducing external currents -- 34.3 
       Longitudinal part of the current -- Exercise -- 35 't 
       Hooft matching and its physical implications -- 35.1 
       Infrared matching -- 35.2 Spontaneous breaking of the 
       axial symmetry -- 35.3 Predicting the π0 → 2γ decay rate 
       -- Exercise -- 36 Scale anomaly -- References for Chapter 
       8 -- 9 Confinement in 4D gauge theories and models in 
       lower dimensions -- 37 Confinement in non-Abelian gauge 
       theories: dual Meissner effect -- 38 The 't Hooft limit 
       and 1/N expansion -- 38.1 Introduction -- 38.2 N-counting 
       and topology -- 38.3 The 't Hooft limit and string theory 
       -- 38.4 Implications of the 1/N expansion in mesons (in 
       brief) -- 38.5 Alternative large-N expansion -- 38.6 
       Planar equivalence -- 38.7 Baryons in the 't Hooft limit -
       - 38.8 The N-counting rules for baryons -- 38.9 Meson-
       baryon couplings and scattering amplitudes -- 38.10 Spin-
       flavor symmetry for baryons. 
880 8  |6505-00/Cyrl|a15.9 The SU(3) example -- 15.10 The Ө term 
       induces a fractional electric charge on the monopole 
       (Witten's effect) -- 15.11 Monopoles and fermions -- 
       15.11.1 Zero modes for adjoint fermions -- 15.11.2 Dirac 
       fermion in the fundamental representation -- Exercises -- 
       16 Skyrmions -- 16.1 Preamble: Global symmetries of QCD --
       16.2 Massless pions and the chiral Lagrangian -- 16.3 
       Baryons as topologically stable solitons -- 16.4 The 
       Skyrmion solution -- 16.5 Skyrmion quantization -- 16.6 
       Some numerical results -- 16.7 The WZNW term -- 16.8 
       Determining ν -- 16.9 Beyond the conventional -- Exercises
       -- 17 Appendix: Elements of group theory for SU(N) -- 
       References for Chapter 4 -- 5 Instantons -- 18 Tunneling 
       in non-Abelian Yang-Mills theory -- 18.1 Nontrivial 
       topology in the space of fields in Yang-Mills theories -- 
       18.2 Theta vacuum andθ term -- Exercise -- 19 Euclidean 
       formulation of QCD -- Exercise -- 20 BPST instantons: 
       general properties -- 20.1 Finiteness of the action and 
       the topological charge -- 20.2 Entanglement of the color 
       and Lorentz indices -- 20.3 Bogomol'nyi completion and the
       instanton action -- 21 Explicit form of the BPST instanton
       -- 21.1 Solution with Q = 1 -- 21.2 Singular gauge. The 't
       Hooft multi-instanton ansatz -- 21.3 Relations for the η 
       symbols -- 21.4 Instanton in the A0 = 0 gauge -- 21.5 
       Instanton collective coordinates (moduli) -- 21.6 SU(2) 
       instanton measure -- 21.7 Instantons in SU(N) -- 21.8 The 
       SU(N) instanton measure -- 21.9 Instanton-induced 
       interaction of gluons -- 21.10 Switching on the light 
       (massless) quarks -- 21.11 Tunneling interpretation in the
       presence of massless fermions. The index theorem -- 21.12 
       Instantons in the Higgs regime -- 21.12.1 Instanton action
       -- 21.12.2 IA interaction due to the Higgs field -- 21.13 
       Instanton gas -- 21.14 The height of the barrier. 
       Sphalerons -- 21.15 Global anomaly -- Exercises. 
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