Quantum Fields on a Lattice [Paperback]

Presents a comprehensive and coherent account of the theory of quantum fields on a lattice.This book presents a comprehensive and coherent account of the theory of lattice quantum field theory. After introductory chapters on scalar fields, gauge fields and fermion fields, the book proceeds to study quarks and gluons in QCD and fermions and bosons in the electroweak theory. The last chapter is devoted to numerical simulation algorithms which have been used in recent large scale numerical simulations.This book presents a comprehensive and coherent account of the theory of lattice quantum field theory. After introductory chapters on scalar fields, gauge fields and fermion fields, the book proceeds to study quarks and gluons in QCD and fermions and bosons in the electroweak theory. The last chapter is devoted to numerical simulation algorithms which have been used in recent large scale numerical simulations.Quantum field theory describes basic physical phenomena over an extremely wide range of length or energy scales. Quantum fields exist in space and time, which can be approximated by a set of lattice points. This book presents a comprehensive and coherent account of the theory of quantum fields on a lattice, an essential technique for the study of the strong and electroweak nuclear interactions. After introductory chapters on scalar fields, gauge fields and fermion fields, the book studies quarks and gluons in QCD and fermions and bosons in the electroweak theory. The last chapter is devoted to numerical simulations algorithms that have been used in recent large-scale numerical simulations. The book will be valuable for graduate students and researchers in theoretical physics, elementary particle physics, and field theory, as well as non-perturbative approximations and numerical simulations of quantum field phenomena.Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Scalar fields; 3. Gauge fields; 4. Fermion fields; 5. Quantum chromodynamics; 6. Higgs and Yukawa models; 7. Simulation algol³F