Published February 5, 1998 | Version v1
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Duality in Quantum Field Theory (and String Theory)

Creators

  • 1. Theory Division, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23 (Switzerland)
  • 2. Departament d'Estructura i Constituents de la Materia, Facultat de Fisica, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 647, E-08028 Barcelona (Spain)

Description

These lectures give an introduction to duality in Quantum Field Theory. We discuss the phases of gauge theories and the implications of the electric-magnetic duality transformation to describe the mechanism of confinement. We review the exact results of N=1 supersymmetric QCD and the Seiberg-Witten solution of N=2 super Yang-Mills. Some of the recent results on nonperturbative String Theory are also briefly discussed

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.55087;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-th/9709180v3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
423
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 46-83
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
Frontiers in contemporary physics
Acronym
International lecture and workshop series on fundamental particles and interactions
Dates
11-16 May 1997
Place
Nashville, TN (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40056598
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DUALITY; GAUGE INVARIANCE; HIGGS MODEL; MAGNETIC MONOPOLES; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; REVIEWS; STRING MODELS; STRING THEORY; SUPERSYMMETRY; SYMMETRY BREAKING; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; M-THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOPOLES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUARK MODEL; SYMMETRY

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Notes
(c) 1998 American Institute of Physics.