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100 1 _aFursaev, Dmitri.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aOperators, Geometry and Quanta
_h[recurso electrónico] :
_bMethods of Spectral Geometry in Quantum Field Theory /
_cby Dmitri Fursaev, Dmitri Vassilevich.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands,
_c2011.
300 _aXVI, 288 p.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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490 1 _aTheoretical and Mathematical Physics,
_x1864-5879
505 0 _a1 Preface -- 2 Notation Index I The Basics: 3 Geometrical Background -- 4 Quantum fields II Spectral geometry: 5 Operators and their spectra -- 6 Spectral functions -- 7 Non-linear spectral problems -- 8 Anomalies and Index Theorem III Applications: 9 Effective action -- 10 Anomalies in quantum field theories -- 11 Vacuum energy -- 12 Open strings and Born-Infeld action -- 13 Noncommutative geometry and field theory IV Problem solving: 14 Solutions to exercises.
520 _aThis book gives a detailed and self-contained introduction into the theory of spectral functions, with an emphasis on their applications to quantum field theory. All methods are illustrated with applications to specific physical problems from the forefront of current research, such as finite-temperature field theory, D-branes, quantum solitons and noncommutativity. In the first part of the book, necessary background information on differential geometry and quantization, including less standard material, is collected. The second part of the book contains a detailed description of main spectral functions and methods of their calculation. In the third part, the theory is applied to several examples (D-branes, quantum solitons, anomalies, noncommutativity). More than hundred exercises together with their solutions are included. This book addresses advanced graduate students and researchers in mathematical physics and in neighbouring areas with basic knowledge of quantum field theory and differential geometry. The aim is to prepare readers to use spectral functions in their own research, in particular in relation to heat kernels and zeta functions.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 0 _aGlobal analysis.
650 0 _aMathematical physics.
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aMathematical Methods in Physics.
650 2 4 _aGlobal Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds.
650 2 4 _aQuantum Field Theories, String Theory.
700 1 _aVassilevich, Dmitri.
_eauthor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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830 0 _aTheoretical and Mathematical Physics,
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856 4 0 _zLibro electrónico
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