Mitra, P.,

Symmetries and symmetry breaking in field theory / P. Mitra. - Boca Raton: CRC, 2014. - xi, 100 p. illustrations : 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Elements of classical field theory -- Global symmetries -- Local symmetry and constraint theory -- Functional integral formulation of field theory -- Nonabelian gauge symmetry -- Discrete symmetries -- Spontaneous symmetry breaking -- Breaking of chiral symmetry on quantization: the anomaly.

9781466581043


Symmetry (Physics)
Broken symmetry (Physics)
Quantum field theory.

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