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The book describes Maxwell's equations first in their integral, directly testable form, then moves on to their local formulation. The first two chapters cover all essential properties of Maxwell's equations, including their symmetries and their covariance in a modern notation. Chapter 3 is devoted to Maxwell theory as a classical field theory and to solutions of the wave equation. Chapter 4 deals with important applications of Maxwell theory. It includes topical subjects such as metamaterials with negative refraction index and solutions of Helmholtz' equation in paraxial approximation relevant for the description of laser beams. Chapter 5 describes non-Abelian gauge theories from a classical, geometric point of view, in analogy to Maxwell theory as a prototype, and culminates in an application to the U(2) theory relevant for electroweak interactions. The last chapter 6 gives a concise summary of semi-Riemannian geometry as the framework for the classical field theory of gravitation. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the Schwarzschild solution of Einstein's equations and the classical tests of general relativity (perihelion precession of Mercury, and light deflection by the sun). ------ Textbook features: detailed figures, worked examples, problems and solutions, boxed inserts, highlighted special topics, highlighted important math etc., helpful summaries, appendix, index.
Electrodynamics. --- Field theory (Physics). --- Gauge fields (Physics). --- Mathematical physics. --- Field theory (Physics) --- Electrodynamics --- Gauge fields (Physics) --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Applied Physics --- Electricity & Magnetism --- Atomic Physics --- Fields, Gauge (Physics) --- Gage fields (Physics) --- Gauge theories (Physics) --- Classical field theory --- Continuum physics --- Physics. --- Gravitation. --- Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics. --- Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory. --- Mathematical Methods in Physics. --- Group theory --- Symmetry (Physics) --- Continuum mechanics --- Dynamics --- Physical mathematics --- Mathematics --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Matter --- Antigravity --- Centrifugal force --- Relativity (Physics) --- Properties
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Quarks are the main constituents of protons and neutrons and hence are important building blocks of all the matter that surrounds us. However, quarks have the intriguing property that they never appear as isolated single particles but only in bound states. This phenomenon is called confinement and has been a central research topic of elementary particle physics for the last few decades. In order to find the mechanism that forbids the existence of free quarks many approaches and ideas are being followed, but by now it has become clear that they are not mutually exclusive but illuminate the problem from different perspectives. Two such confinement scenarios are investigated in this thesis: Firstly, the importance of Abelian field components for the low-energy regime is corroborated, thus supporting the dual superconductor picture of confinement and secondly, the influence of the Gribov horizon on non-perturbative solutions is studied.
Gauge fields (Physics) -- Mathematics. --- Green's functions. --- Quantum chromodynamics. --- Yang-Mills theory. --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Atomic Physics --- Nuclear Physics --- Gauge fields (Physics) --- Mills-Yang theory --- Yang-Mills theories --- Fields, Gauge (Physics) --- Gage fields (Physics) --- Gauge theories (Physics) --- Physics. --- Mathematical physics. --- Elementary particles (Physics). --- Quantum field theory. --- Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory. --- Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics. --- Mathematical Physics. --- Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences. --- Quantum field theory --- Field theory (Physics) --- Group theory --- Symmetry (Physics) --- Quantum theory. --- Quantum dynamics --- Quantum mechanics --- Quantum physics --- Mechanics --- Thermodynamics --- Physical mathematics --- Relativistic quantum field theory --- Quantum theory --- Relativity (Physics) --- Elementary particles (Physics) --- High energy physics --- Nuclear particles --- Nucleons --- Nuclear physics --- Mathematics
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