The QCD Vacuum, Hadrons And Superdense Matter 2nd Edition.

This invaluable book is an extensive set of lecture notes on variousaspects of non-perturbative quantum chromodynamics thefundamental theory of strong interaction on which nuclear and hadronicphysics is based. The original edition of the book, written in the mid-1980's, had moreof a review styl...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Shuryak, Edward V.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : World Scientific, 2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Chapter 1 Theoretical Introduction; Chapter 2 Phenomenology of the QCD Vacuum; Chapter 3 Euclidean Theory of Tunneling: From Quantum Mechanics to Gauge Theories; Chapter 4 Instanton Ensemble in QCD; Chapter 5 Lattice QCD; Chapter 6 QCD Correlation Functions; Chapter 7 High Energy Hadronic Collisions; Chapter 8 QCD at Finite Temperatures; Chapter 9 Excited Hadronic Matter in Heavy Ion Collisions; Chapter 10 Early Diagnostics of Hadronic Matter; Chapter 11 QCD at High Density; Chapter 12 A Wider Picture; Appendix A Notations; Appendix B Basic Instanton Formulae.