NONLINEAR & COLLECTIVE PHENOMENA IN… A Reprint Volume from Physics Reports – PDF/EPUB Version Downloadable

Contents:

• Extended Systems in Field Theory :
  • Introduction (J-L Gervais and A Neveu)
  • Vortices and Quark Confinement in Non-Abelian Gauge Theories (S Mandelstam)
  • Magnetic and Electric Confinement of Quarks (Y Nambu)
  • Examples of Four-Dimensional Soliton Solutions and Abnormal Nuclear States (T D Lee)
  • Classical Solution in the Massive Thirring Model (S-J Chang)
  • Semiclassical Quantization Methods in Field Theory (A Neveu)
  • The Quantum Theory of Solitons and Other Non-Linear Classical Waves (R Jackiw)
  • Collective Coordinate Method for Quantization of Extended Systems (J-L Gervais, A Jevicki and B Sakita)
  • Quantum Expansion of Soliton Solutions (N H Christ)
  • Hartree-Type Approximation Applied to a ϕ⁴ Field Theory (S-J Chang)
  • Soliton Operators for the Quantized Sine–Gordon Equation (S Mandelstam)
  • Classical Aspects and Fluctuation-Behaviour of Two Dimensional Models in Statistical Mechanics and Many Body Physics (B Schroer)
  • Quarks on a Lattice, or, the Colored String Model (K G Wilson)
  • New Ideas about Confinement (L Susskind and J Kogut)
  • Gauge Fields on a Lattice (C Itzykson)
• Non-Perturbative Aspects in Quantum Field Theory:
  • Self-Dual Solutions to Euclidean Yang–Mills Equations (E Corrigan)
  • An Introduction to the Twistor Programme (J Madore, J L Richard and R Stora)
  • Collective Coordinates with Non-Trivial Dynamics (J-L Gervais)
  • A Theory of the Strong Interactions (D J Gross)
  • Magneticmonopoles (D Olive)
  • Dynamical and Topological Considerations on Quark Confinement (F Englert and P Windey)
  • Difficulties in Fixing the Gauge in Non-Abelian Gauge Theories (S Sciuto)
  • Indeterminate-Mass Particles (B M Mccoy and T T Wu)
  • Duality for Discrete Lattice Gauge Fields (C Itzykson)
  • Large Order Estimates in Perturbation Theory (J Zinn-Justin)
  • The Borel Transform and the Renormalization Group (G Parisi)
  • Planar Diagrams (E Brezin)
  • Exact S-Matrices and Form Factors in 1 + 1 Dimensional Field Theoretic Models with Soliton Behaviour (M Karowski)
  • Topology and Higher Symmetries of the Two-Dimensional Nonlinear σ Model (A D'adda, M Luscher and P Di Vecchia)
  • Two-Dimensional Yang–Mills Theory in the Leading 1/N Expansion (T T Wu)
  • Superfluidity and the Two-Dimensional XY Model' (D R Nelson)
  • Bosonized Fermions in Three Dimensions (A Luther)
  • Symmetry and Topology Concepts for Spin Glasses and Other Glasses (G Toulouse)
• Common Trends in Particle and Condensed Matter Physics:
  • Introduction to Localization(D J Thouless)
  • Conductivity Scaling and Localization(E Abrahams)
  • Disordered Electronic System as a Model of Interacting Matrices(F Wegner)
  • Status Report on Spin Glasses (Not Included in this Report)(S Kirkpatrick)
  • Mean Field Theory for Spin Glasses(G Parisi)
  • The Random Energy Model(B Derrida)
  • Towards a Mean Field Theory of Spin Glasses: the Tap Route Revisited (C De Dominicis)
  • On the Connection Between Spin Glasses and Gauge Field Theories(G Toulouse, J Vannimenus)
  • Monte Carlo Simulations of Lattice Gauge Theories(C Rebbi)
  • Large Dimension Expansions and Transition Patterns in Lattice Gauge Theories(J-M Drouffe)
  • Progress in Lattice Gauge Theory(J B Kogut)
  • Phase Structure of the Z(2) Gauge and Matter Theory(D Horn)
  • General Introduction to Confinement(S Mandelstam)
  • A Simple Picture of the Weak-to-Strong Coupling Transition in Quantum Chromodynamics(C G Callan Jr.)
  • Quantum Fluctuations in a Multiinstanton Background(B A Berg)
  • Some Comments on the Crossover Between Strong and Weak Coupling in Su(2) Pure Yang–Mills Theory(J Frohlich)
  • String Dynamics in QCD (J-L Gervais, A Neveu)
  • Dual Models and Strings: The Critical Dimension(C B Thorn: )
  • Duality and Finite Size Effects in Six Vertex Models(C.B. Thorn: )
  • Scaling at a Bifurcation Point(M Nauenberg, D Scalapino)
  • Some Implications of a Cosmological Phase Transition(T W B Kibble)

Readership: Graduate students and researchers in particle physics andcondensed matter physics.