Overview

This invaluable book is an extensive set of lecture notes on various aspects of non-perturbative quantum chromodynamics - the fundamental theory of strong interaction on which nuclear and hadronic physics is based. The original edition of the book, written in the mid-1980s, had more of a review style. In the second edition the outline remains the same, but the text has been completely rewritten, and extended. Apart from the new developments over the years, this edition has benefited from several graduate courses which the author has taught at Stony Brook during the last decade. The text is now complemented by exercises and has a total of about 1000 references to major works, arranged by subject. Three major issues - the structure of the QCD vacuum, the structure of hadrons, and the physics of hot/dense matter - are addressed as physics problems. Therefore, when discussing any specific subject, the book attempts to incorporate (1) all the solid theoretical results, (2) experimental information, and (3) results of numerical (lattice) simulations, which are playing an increasing role in quantum field theory in general, and the development of QCD in particular. ""The QCD Vacuum, Hadrons and Superdense Matter"" takes the reader from the first encounter with the subject to the front line of research, as quickly as possible.

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Author:   Edward V Shuryak (State Univ Of New York At Stony Brook, Usa)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Volume:   71
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 3.90cm , Length: 25.70cm
Weight:   1.193kg
ISBN:  

9789812385734

ISBN 10:   9812385738
Pages:   636
Publication Date:   08 October 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Theoretical Introduction; Phenomenology of the QCD Vacuum; Euclidean Theory of Tunneling: From Quantum Mechanics to the Gauge Theories; Instanton Ensemble in QCD; Lattice QCD; The QCD Correlation Functions; High Energy Hadronic Collisions; QCD at Finite Temperatures; Excited Hadronic Matter in Heavy Ion Collisions; Early Diagnostics of Hadronic Matter; QCD at High Density; A Wider Picture.

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