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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Main Authors: Cornwall, John M. (Author), Papavassiliou, Joannis (Author), Binosi, Daniele (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Series:Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology ; 31.
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505 0 |a 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. 
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