This book contains an edited comprehensive collection of reprints on the subject of the large N limit as applied to a wide spectrum of problems in quantum field theory and statistical mechanics. The topics include Spin Systems; Large N Limit of Gauge Theories; Two-Dimensional QCD; Exact Results on Planar Perturbation Series and the Nature of the 1/N Series; Schwinger-Dyson Equations Approach; QCD Phenomenological Lagrangians and the Large N Limit; Other Approaches to Large N: Eguchi-Kawai Model, Collective Fields and Numerical Methods; Matrix Models; Two-Dimensional Gravity and String Theory.
Language
English
Pages
1130
Format
Paperback
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Company
Release
August 01, 1993
ISBN
9810204566
ISBN 13
9789810204563
The Large N Expansion in Quantum Field Theory and Statistical Physics: From Spin Systems to 2-Dimensional Gravity
This book contains an edited comprehensive collection of reprints on the subject of the large N limit as applied to a wide spectrum of problems in quantum field theory and statistical mechanics. The topics include Spin Systems; Large N Limit of Gauge Theories; Two-Dimensional QCD; Exact Results on Planar Perturbation Series and the Nature of the 1/N Series; Schwinger-Dyson Equations Approach; QCD Phenomenological Lagrangians and the Large N Limit; Other Approaches to Large N: Eguchi-Kawai Model, Collective Fields and Numerical Methods; Matrix Models; Two-Dimensional Gravity and String Theory.