R. Beig

530.4/13

21

Hardcover

3540643087

9783540643081

Yes

Scholarly & Professional

9.3 in

44.4 Oz

6.1 in

QA150-272

98-013619

English

Xvi, 260 Pages

1 vol.

Field Theoretical Tools for Polymer and Particle Physics

1998

Springer Berlin / Heidelberg

Lecture Notes in Physics Ser.

508

Textiles & Polymers, Algebra / General, Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Physics / General, Physics / Nuclear, Chemistry / Industrial & Technical

Mathematics, Technology & Engineering, Science

The book is written for advanced graduate students. The topics have been selected to present methods and models that have applications in both particle physics and polymer physics. The lectures may serve as a guide through more recent research activities and illustrate the applicability of joint methods in different contexts. The book deals with analytic tools (e.g. random walk models, polymer expansion), numerical tools (e.g. Langevin dynamics), and common models (the three-dimensional Gross-Neveu-Model).

Random walks in polymer physics.- Random walks in field theory.- Polymer expansion in particle physics.- Polymers, spin models and field theory.- Reaction-diffusion mechanisms and quantum spin systems.- Bosonization in particle physics.- Hadronization in particle physics.- The hybrid monte carlo algorithm for quantum chromodynamics.- The hybrid monte carlo method for polymer chains.- Simulations of toy proteins.- Two lectures on phase mixing: Nucleation and symmetry restoration.- Neural networks and confidence limit estimates.- The gross-neveu model and QCDs chiral phase transition.- The TBA, the gross-neveu model, and polyacetylene.- Solitons in polyacetylene.

Textbook

Springer Berlin / Heidelberg

9783540643081