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Kinks and domain walls : an introduction to classical and quantum solitons /
The book examines classical solitons, and their principal classical and quantum properties. It includes several state-of-the-art results and each chapter contains questions and research problems. This book will be of great interest to graduate students and academic researchers in theoretical physics...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Classical kinks; 2 Kinks in more complicated models; 3 Interactions; 4 Kinks in quantum field theory; 5 Condensates and zero modes on kinks; 6 Formation of kinks; 7 Dynamics of domain walls; 8 Gravity and cosmology of domain walls; 9 Kinks in the laboratory; Appendix A Units, numbers and conventions; Appendix B SU(N) generators; Appendix C Solution to a common differential equation; Appendix D Useful operator identities; Appendix E Variation of the determinant; Appendix F Summary of cosmological equations; References; Index.