High Energy Physics And Cosmology 1997 - Proceedings Of The Summer School

High Energy Physics And Cosmology 1997 - Proceedings Of The Summer School

Author: Gava E

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1998-07-10

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9814544930

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This proceedings volume covers the main fields of mathematics: analysis, algebra and number theory, geometry and topology, combinatorics and graphs, applied mathematics, numerical analysis and computer mathematics, probability and statistics, teaching and popularization of mathematics.


Introduction to Effective Field Theory

Introduction to Effective Field Theory

Author: C. P. Burgess

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-12-10

Total Pages: 665

ISBN-13: 0521195470

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This advanced, accessible textbook on effective field theories uses worked examples to bring this important topic to a wider audience.


Geometric And Topological Methods For Quantum Field Theory - Proceedings Of The Summer School

Geometric And Topological Methods For Quantum Field Theory - Proceedings Of The Summer School

Author: Alexander Cardona

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2003-03-21

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 9814487678

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This volume offers an introduction to recent developments in several active topics of research at the interface between geometry, topology and quantum field theory. These include Hopf algebras underlying renormalization schemes in quantum field theory, noncommutative geometry with applications to index theory on one hand and the study of aperiodic solids on the other, geometry and topology of low dimensional manifolds with applications to topological field theory, Chern-Simons supergravity and the anti de Sitter/conformal field theory correspondence. It comprises seven lectures organized around three main topics, noncommutative geometry, topological field theory, followed by supergravity and string theory, complemented by some short communications by young participants of the school.


Conformal Field Theory

Conformal Field Theory

Author: Yavuz Nutku

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2018-03-14

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 042998250X

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This book provides an understanding of conformal field theory and its importance to both statistical mechanics and string theory. It introduces the Wess-Zumino-Novokov-Witten (WZNW) models and their current algebras, the affine Kac-Moody algebras.


Cosmology in Scalar-Tensor Gravity

Cosmology in Scalar-Tensor Gravity

Author: Valerio Faraoni

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2004-04-30

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1402019890

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Cosmology in Scalar-Tensor Gravity covers all aspects of cosmology in scalar-tensor theories of gravity. Considerable progress has been made in this exciting area of physics and this book is the first to provide a critical overview of the research. Among the topics treated are: -Scalar-tensor gravity and its limit to general relativity, -Effective energy-momentum tensors and conformal frames, -Gravitational waves in scalar-tensor cosmology, -Specific scalar-tensor theories, -Exact cosmological solutions and cosmological perturbations, -Scalar-tensor scenarios of the early universe and inflation, -Scalar-tensor models of quintessence in the present universe and their far-reaching consequences for the ultimate fate of the cosmos.


Particle Physics And The Universe, Proceedings Of Nobel Symposium 109

Particle Physics And The Universe, Proceedings Of Nobel Symposium 109

Author: Lars Bergstrom

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2001-03-09

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9814492140

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It is generally felt in the cosmology and particle astrophysics community that we have just entered an era which later can only be looked back upon as a golden age. Thanks to the rapid technical development, with powerful new telescopes and other detectors taken into operation at an impressive rate, and the accompanying advancement of theoretical ideas, the picture of the past, present and future Universe is getting ever clearer. Some of the most exciting new findings and expected future developments are discussed in this invaluable volume.The topics covered include the physics of the early Universe and ultra-high energy processes. Emphasis is also put on neutrino physics and astrophysics, with the evidence for non-zero neutrino masses emerging from both solar neutrinos and atmospheric neutrinos covered in great depth. Another field with interesting new results concerns the basic cosmological parameters, where both traditional methods and the potential of new ones, like deep supernova surveys and acoustic peak detections in the cosmic microwave background, are thoroughly discussed. Various aspects of the dark matter problem, such as gravitational lensing estimates of galaxy masses, cluster evolution and hot cluster electron distortions of the thermal microwave background spectrum, are also discussed, as are particle physics candidates of dark matter and methods to detect them. Cosmic rays of matter and antimatter are included as a topic, and so is the problem of the enigmatic dark energy of the vacuum.