The Theory and Applications of Instanton Calculations
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The Theory and Applications of Instanton Calculations

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The Theory and Applications of Instanton Calculations

About this book

Instantons, or pseudoparticles, are solutions to the equations of motion in classical field theories on a Euclidean spacetime. Instantons are found everywhere in quantum theories as they have many applications in quantum tunnelling. Diverse physical phenomena may be described through quantum tunnelling, for example: the Josephson effect, the decay of meta-stable nuclear states, band formation in tight binding models of crystalline solids, the structure of the gauge theory vacuum, confinement in 2+1 dimensions, and the decay of superheated or supercooled phases. Drawing inspiration from Sidney Coleman's Erice lectures, this volume provides an accessible, detailed introduction to instanton methods, with many applications, making it a valuable resource for graduate students in many areas of physics, from condensed matter, particle and nuclear physics, to string theory.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Series page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright information
  6. Table of contents
  7. Preface
  8. 1 Introduction
  9. 2 Quantum Mechanics and the Path Integral
  10. 3 The Symmetric Double Well
  11. 4 Decay of a Meta-stable State
  12. 5 Quantum Field Theory and the Path Integral
  13. 6 Decay of the False Vacuum
  14. 7 Large Orders in Perturbation Theory
  15. 8 Quantum Electrodynamics in 1+1 Dimensions
  16. 9 The Polyakov Proof of Confinement
  17. 10 Monopole Pair Production
  18. 11 Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
  19. 12 Instantons, Supersymmetry and Morse Theory
  20. Appendix A An Aside on O(4)
  21. Appendix B Asymptotic Analysis
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index