The pinch technique and its applications to non-Abelian gauge theories

Non-Abelian gauge theories, such as quantum chromodynamics (QCD) or electroweak theory, are best studied with the aid of Green's functions that are gauge-invariant off-shell, but unlike for the photon in quantum electrodynamics, conventional graphical constructions fail. The Pinch Technique pro...

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1. Verfasser: Cornwall, John M. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA ; Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia ; New Delhi, India ; Singapore Cambridge University Press [2011]
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology 31
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: why the pinch technique
  • The Pinch Technique at one loop
  • Advanced pinch technique: still one loop
  • Pinch technique to all orders
  • The pinch technique in the Batalin-Vilkovisky framework
  • The gauge technique
  • Schwinger-Dyson equations in the pinch technique framework
  • Nonperturbative gluon mass and quantum solitons
  • Nexuses, sphalerons, and fractional topological charge
  • A brief summary of d=3 NAGTs
  • The pinch technique for electroweak theory
  • Other applications of the pinch technique