Encyclopedia:Quantum and statistical field theory

Editors

• Carlo Maria Becchi, Genoa University, Italy
• Riccardo Guida, Institut de Physique Théorique; CEA, IPhT; CNRS, URA 2306; F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Advisory editorial board

• Jean Zinn-Justin, Irfu and Institut de Physique Théorique, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, FRANCE

Published articles

A-D-E classification of conformal field theories by Andrea Cappelli and Jean-Bernard Zuber Algebraic renormalization by Daniel H.T. Franco and Olivier Piguet Axial anomaly by Roman W. Jackiw Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin symmetry by Carlo M. Becchi and Camillo Imbimbo Bethe-Salpeter equation (origins) by Edwin E. Salpeter Bogoliubov-Parasiuk-Hepp-Zimmermann renormalization scheme by Klaus Sibold Caldeira-Leggett model by Amir O. Caldeira Chiral perturbation theory by Heinrich Leutwyler Coleman-Weinberg mechanism by Erick J Weinberg Critical phenomena: field theoretical approach by Jean Zinn-Justin Englert-Brout-Higgs-Guralnik-Hagen-Kibble mechanism by Thomas W B Kibble Englert-Brout-Higgs-Guralnik-Hagen-Kibble mechanism (history) by Thomas W B Kibble Faddeev-Popov ghosts by Ludvig Dmitrievich Faddeev Froissart bound by Marcel Froissart Gauge invariance by Jean Zinn-Justin and Riccardo Guida Gauge theories by Gerard 't Hooft Heat kernel expansion in the background field formalism by Andrei O. Barvinsky Konishi anomaly by Kenichi Konishi Lagrangian formalism for fields by Dmitri Sorokin Local operator by Guy Bonneau Lattice gauge theories by Peter Weisz and Pushan Majumdar Lattice quantum field theory by Gernot Münster

Multiloop Feynman integrals by Vladimir Smirnov Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model by Giovanni Jona-Lasinio and Yoichiro Nambu Nonlinear sigma model by Sergei Ketov Operator product expansion by Guy Bonneau Padé approximant by George A. Baker Path integral by Jean Zinn-Justin Path integral: mathematical aspects by Sergio Albeverio and Sonia Mazzucchi Principle of least action by Chris Gray Second quantization by Carlo M Becchi Slavnov-Taylor identities by Andrei A. Slavnov Symmetry breaking in classical systems by Franco Strocchi Symmetry breaking in quantum systems by Franco Strocchi Triviality of four dimensional phi^4 theory on the lattice by Ulli Wolff Unruh effect by Stephen A.Fulling and George Matsas Wightman quantum field theory by Raymond F. Streater Zinn-Justin equation by Jean Zinn-Justin

Draft articles

Quantum field theory: origins by Silvan S. Schweber Spin and statistics by Raymond F. Streater

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Quantum and statistical field theory Conformal and integrable quantum field theories Lattice quantum field theory Quantum field theory (curved spaces) Quantum field theory (foundations) Quantum field theory (mathematical) Statistical field theory Supersymmetry

Condensed matter Quantum gravity Space-time and gravitation Theoretical high energy physics

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