Fields and Particles

Wolfgang Schweiger wurde 1951 in Traunstein geboren. Seit 1979 ist er als Autor und Journalist tätig. Er veröffentlichte Krimis und schrieb Drehbücher für TV-Serien.

An Introduction to Integrable Models and Conformal Field Theory.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Integrable Continuum Models - The Inverse Scattering Method - Solitons.- 3. Integrable Lattice Systems.- 4. Conformal Field Theory.- References.- An Introduction to the Renormalization of Theories with Continuous Symmetries, to the Chiral Models and to Their Anomalies.- 1. The Renormalization of Field Equations.- 2. The Renormalization of Models with Continuous Symmetries.- 3. The Chiral Models and Their Current Algebra.- References.- Quantum Field Theory in Low Dimensional Space Time.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Algebraic Approach to Quantum Field Theory.- 3. Composition of Sectors.- 4. Statistics.- 5. Left Inverses, Markov Traces and the Possible Braid Group Representations.- 6. The 2-Channel Situation.- 7. Exchange Algebras and R-Matrices.- 8. Rehren's Derivation of the Verlinde Algebra.- 9. Braid Group Statistics in 3 Dimensions.- 10. Conformal Light Cone Theories.- 11. Soliton Sectors in 2d Minkowski Space.- References.- From Integrable Models to Quantum Groups.- 1. Introduction to the Quantum Inverse Scattering Method.- 2. Quantum Groups.- 3. The Liouville Model.- 4. The Wess-Zumino-Novikov-Witten Model.- References.- Topics in Planar Physics.- 1. Overview.- 2. Planar Gauge Theories.- 3. Planar Gravity.- References.- Boundary Terms, Long Range Effects, and Chiral Symmetry Breaking.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Hamiltonian Approach: Coupling to the Boundary and Variables at Infinity.- 3. The Lagrangean and Functional Integral Approach. Boundary Ward Identities.- 4. The Schwinger Model and the ? Angle Problem.- 5. Fermionic Integration, Boundary Conditions, and Chiral Symmetry.- 5. References.- Two-Dimensional Nonlinear Sigma Models: Orthodoxy and Heresy.- 1. Introduction.- 2.Beliefs.- 3. Critique.- 4. Heresy: Strategy for a Proof.- 5. Conclusions.- References.- Gauge-Independence of Anomalies.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Gauge-Invariance, Gauge-Dependence, External Symmetry.- 3. Quantization.- 4. Extended BRS-Identity, Internal Anomaiy.- 5. External Symmetries, External Anomalies.- 6. Ghost Number Anomaly for the Bosonic String.- 7. The Symmetry Extended BRS-Technique.- 8. Examples.- Appendix A: A Toy Model for [s,?a] ? 0.- References.- LEPs The First Hundred Days.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Electroweak Physics Results.- 3. QCD Results.- 4. Searches and Limits.- 5. LEP: What Next?.- References.- QCD and Nuclear Structure.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Realm of Light Nuclei.- 3. A New Interpretation of Conventional Shell Structure.- 4. Conclusion.- References.