Classical Solutions in Quantum Field Theory: Solitons and Instantons in High Energy Physics

By Erick Weinberg. 2012

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1. Introduction 2. One-dimensional solitons 3. Solitons in more dimensions - vortices and strings 4. Some topology 5. Magnetic monopoles with U(1) charges 6. Magnetic monopoles in larger gauge groups 7. Cosmological implications and experimental bounds 8. BPS solitons, supersymmetry, and duality 9. Euclidean solutions 10. Yang-Mills instantons 11. Instantons, fermions, and physical consequences 12. Vacuum decay Appendixes References Index.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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