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The QCD vacuum, hadrons and superdense matter / Edward V. Shuryak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shuryak, E. V.
- Series:
- World Scientific lecture notes in physics ; v. 71.
- World Scientific lecture notes in physics ; v. 71
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quantum chromodynamics.
- Hadrons.
- Nuclear matter.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (637 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hackensack, N.J. ; London : World Scientific, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This invaluable book is an extensive set of lecture notes on variousaspects of non-perturbative quantum chromodynamics thefundamental theory of strong interaction on which nuclear and hadronicphysics is based.The original edition of the book, written in the mid-1980's, had moreof a review style.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Theoretical Introduction; Chapter 2 Phenomenology of the QCD Vacuum; Chapter 3 Euclidean Theory of Tunneling: From Quantum Mechanics to Gauge Theories; Chapter 4 Instanton Ensemble in QCD; Chapter 5 Lattice QCD; Chapter 6 QCD Correlation Functions; Chapter 7 High Energy Hadronic Collisions; Chapter 8 QCD at Finite Temperatures; Chapter 9 Excited Hadronic Matter in Heavy Ion Collisions; Chapter 10 Early Diagnostics of Hadronic Matter; Chapter 11 QCD at High Density; Chapter 12 A Wider Picture; Appendix A Notations; Appendix B Basic Instanton Formulae
- Appendix C A Sample Program for Numerical Simulation of the Euclidean Quantum PathsBibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 587-615) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611877101
- 9781281877109
- 1281877107
- 9789812565693
- 9812565698
- OCLC:
- 475950946
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