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oapen-20.500.12657-592202022-11-16T12:56:18Z The Theory and Applications of Instanton Calculations Paranjape, Manu Field theory bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PH Physics::PHN Nuclear physics Instantons, or pseudoparticles, are solutions to the equations of motion in classical field theories on a Euclidean spacetime. Instantons are found everywhere in quantum theories as they have many applications in quantum tunnelling. Diverse physical phenomena may be described through quantum tunnelling, for example: the Josephson effect, the decay of meta-stable nuclear states, band formation in tight binding models of crystalline solids, the structure of the gauge theory vacuum, confinement in 2+1 dimensions, and the decay of superheated or supercooled phases. Drawing inspiration from Sidney Coleman's Erice lectures, this volume provides an accessible, detailed introduction to instanton methods, with many applications, making it a valuable resource for graduate students in many areas of physics, from condensed matter, particle and nuclear physics, to string theory. This title, first published in 2017, has been reissued as an Open Access publication. 2022-11-10T16:06:06Z 2022-11-10T16:06:06Z 2018 book ONIX_20221110_9781009291248_19 9781009291248 9781009291262 9781009291231 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59220 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781009291248.pdf Cambridge University Press 10.1017/9781009291248 10.1017/9781009291248 7607a2d0-47af-490f-9d2a-8c9340266f8a c2fbf30c-ef0f-473b-8ee4-03e135ae04d0 9781009291248 9781009291262 9781009291231 SCOAP3 for Books 309 Cambridge [...] SCOAP3 open access
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Instantons, or pseudoparticles, are solutions to the equations of motion in classical field theories on a Euclidean spacetime. Instantons are found everywhere in quantum theories as they have many applications in quantum tunnelling. Diverse physical phenomena may be described through quantum tunnelling, for example: the Josephson effect, the decay of meta-stable nuclear states, band formation in tight binding models of crystalline solids, the structure of the gauge theory vacuum, confinement in 2+1 dimensions, and the decay of superheated or supercooled phases. Drawing inspiration from Sidney Coleman's Erice lectures, this volume provides an accessible, detailed introduction to instanton methods, with many applications, making it a valuable resource for graduate students in many areas of physics, from condensed matter, particle and nuclear physics, to string theory. This title, first published in 2017, has been reissued as an Open Access publication.
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