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Under the Spell of the Gauge Principle

By: Gerard 'T Hooft (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 December 1993

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This work features a collection of articles and review papers by the author on various subjects in quantum field theory, gauge field theory and quantum gravity. It covers: the mathematical aspects of the renormalization procedure needed to relate physically observable phenomena to the primary variables in these theories; a description of fundamental extended objects such as monopoles and instantons, aspects of quantum chromodynamics; and, finally, the author's approach to the problem of quantizing the gravitational force by considering black holes. All of these topics are important for the understanding of the elementary particles.

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"This volume collects a series of important contributions due to 't Hooft. What makes the book particularly valuable is the fact that it contains many conference contributions and lecture notes, which are not easily available today (in some cases even previously unpublished ones), including that all-time classic 'Diagrammar' (written together with M Veltman [CERN Rep. 73-9, 1973; per bibl.]). Each chapter is prefaced by an introduction by 't Hooft, allowing the reader to share the penetrating insights of one of the deepest thinkers in present-day elementary particle theory. Claus Montonen Mathematical Reviews

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Preface
Introduction	p. 1
Gauge field theory	p. 16
DIAGRAMMAR	p. 28
Gauge theories with unified weak, electromagnetic and strong interactions	p. 174
The Renormalization Group in Quantum Field Theory	p. 208
Extended objects in gauge field theories	p. 254
Magnetic monopoles in unified gauge theories	p. 288
Computation of the quantum effects due to a four-dimensional pseudoparticle	p. 302
How instantons solve the U(1) problem	p. 321
Naturalness, chiral symmetry, and spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking	p. 352
Planar diagram field theories	p. 378
A two-dimensional model for mesons	p. 443
Epilogue to the Two-Dimensional Model	p. 453
Confinement and topology in non-Abelian gauge theories	p. 458
The confinement phenomenon in quantum field theory	p. 514
Can we make sense out of "Quantum Chromodynamics"?	p. 547
Quantum gravity	p. 584
Classical N-particle cosmology in 2 + 1 dimensions	p. 606
On the quantum structure of a black hole	p. 619
The gravitational shock wave of a massless particle	p. 629
S-matrix theory for black holes	p. 645
Can the ultimate laws of nature be found?	p. 666
Index	p. 678
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