Effective Field Theories

A detailed and comprehensive exploration of the foundations and fundamentals of effective field theories.

Ulf-G Meißner (Author), Akaki Rusetsky (Author)

9781108476980, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 25 August 2022

300 pages
26.2 x 18.3 x 3.9 cm, 1.33 kg

Effective field theories are a widely used tool in various branches of physics. This book provides a comprehensive discussion of the foundations and fundamentals of effective field theories of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) in the light quark sector with an emphasis on the study of flavour symmetries and their realizations. In this context, different types of effective field theories pertaining to various energy scales are considered and selected applications are devised. It also covers the formulation of effective field theories in a finite volume and its application in the analysis of lattice QCD data. Effective Field Theories is intended for graduate students and researchers in particle physics, hadron physics and nuclear physics. Exercises are included to help the reader deepen their understanding of the topics discussed throughout, with solutions available to lecturers.

Preface. 1. Basic concepts
2. Non-relativistic effective theories
3. Symmetries
4. Low-energy effective field theory of QCD
5. Effective theories in a finite volume
6. Exercises
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: Mathematical physics [PHU], Particle & high-energy physics [PHP], Nuclear physics [PHN], Condensed matter physics [liquid state & solid state physics PHFC], Gravity [PHDV]