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    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 September 2012
    16 August 2012
    ISBN:
    9781139017787
    9780521114639
    9781107438057
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    (247 x 174 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.82kg, 342 Pages
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Classical solutions play an important role in quantum field theory, high energy physics, and cosmology. Real-time soliton solutions give rise to particles, such as magnetic monopoles, and extended structures, such as domain walls and cosmic strings, which have implications for early universe cosmology. Imaginary-time Euclidean instantons are responsible for important nonperturbative effects, while Euclidean bounce solutions govern transitions between metastable states. Written for advanced graduate students and researchers in elementary particle physics, cosmology, and related fields, this book brings the reader up to the level of current research in the field. Its first half discusses the most important classes of solitons: kinks, vortices, and magnetic monopoles, and their cosmological and observational constraints. The second half is devoted to Euclidean solutions, with particular emphasis on Yang–Mills instantons and on bounce solutions. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

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Contents

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  • Frontmatter
    pp i-vi
  • Dedication
    pp vii-vii
  • Frontmatter
    pp viii-viii
  • Contents
    pp ix-xii
  • Preface
    pp xiii-xiv
  • 1 - Introduction
    pp 1-5
  • 2 - One-dimensional solitons
    pp 6-37
  • 3 - Solitons in more dimensions—Vortices and strings
    pp 38-56
  • 4 - Some topology
    pp 57-80
  • 5 - Magnetic monopoles with U(1) charges
    pp 81-107
  • 6 - Magnetic monopoles in larger gauge groups
    pp 108-129
  • 7 - Cosmological implications and experimental bounds
    pp 130-148
  • 8 - BPS solitons, supersymmetry, and duality
    pp 149-174
  • 9 - Euclidean solutions
    pp 175-191
  • 10 - Yang–Mills instantons
    pp 192-235
  • 11 - Instantons, fermions, and physical consequences
    pp 236-253
  • 12 - Vacuum decay
    pp 254-294
  • Appendix A: - Roots and weights
    pp 295-304
  • Appendix B: - Index theorems for BPS solitons
    pp 305-311
  • References
    pp 312-323
  • Index
    pp 324-326

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