Large N Expansion in Quantum Field Theory and Statistical Physics, The: From Spin Systems to 2-Dimensional Gravity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789810204556)

This book contains an edited comprehensive collection of reprints on the subject of the large N limit as applied to a wide spectrum of problems in quantum field theory and statistical mechanics. The topics include (1) Spin Systems; (2) Large N Limit of Gauge Theories; (3) Two-Dimensional QCD; (4) Exact Results on Planar Perturbation Series and the Nature of the 1/N Series; (5) Schwinger-Dyson Equations Approach; (6) QCD Phenomenological Lagrangians and the Large N Limit; (7) Other Approaches to Large N: Eguchi-Kawai Model, Collective Fields and Numerical Methods; (8) Matrix Models; (9) Two-Dimensional Gravity and String Theory.

Author: Edouard Brezin
ISBN-10: 9810204558
ISBN-13: 9789810204556
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 08/01/1993
Pages: 1114
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.35lbs
Size: 10.00h x 6.70w x 2.20d