The QCD vacuum, hadrons and superdense matter / Edward V. Shuryak.

Author
Shuryak, E. V. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
2nd ed.
Published/​Created
Hackensack, N.J. ; London : World Scientific, c2004.
Description
1 online resource (637 p.)

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This invaluable book is an extensive set of lecture notes on variousaspects of non-perturbative quantum chromodynamics thefundamental theory of strong interaction on which nuclear and hadronicphysics is based.The original edition of the book, written in the mid-1980's, had moreof a review style.
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 587-615) and index.
Language note
English
Contents
  • Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Theoretical Introduction; Chapter 2 Phenomenology of the QCD Vacuum; Chapter 3 Euclidean Theory of Tunneling: From Quantum Mechanics to Gauge Theories; Chapter 4 Instanton Ensemble in QCD; Chapter 5 Lattice QCD; Chapter 6 QCD Correlation Functions; Chapter 7 High Energy Hadronic Collisions; Chapter 8 QCD at Finite Temperatures; Chapter 9 Excited Hadronic Matter in Heavy Ion Collisions; Chapter 10 Early Diagnostics of Hadronic Matter; Chapter 11 QCD at High Density; Chapter 12 A Wider Picture; Appendix A Notations; Appendix B Basic Instanton Formulae
  • Appendix C A Sample Program for Numerical Simulation of the Euclidean Quantum PathsBibliography; Index
ISBN
  • 9786611877101
  • 9781281877109
  • 1281877107
  • 9789812565693
  • 9812565698
OCLC
475950946
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