Methods in Field Theory: Les Houches Session XXVIII (Les Houches, Ecole D'ete De Physique Theorique)

This book is one of the most important reference books in Field Theory with permanent value. To enable wider access by students, researchers and libraries of developing countries, this valuable volume has been reprinted and is sold at a much lower price than before. Course 1. Introduction to functional methods / Ludwig D. Faddeev -- Course 2. Introduction to renormalization theory / Curtis G. Callan, Jr. -- Course 3. Gauge theories / Benjamin W. Lee -- Course 4. Applications of the renormalization group to high-energy physics / David J. Gross -- Lectures on the soliton approach to particle structure. Localized solutions of non-linear classical field equations and their quantum interpretation / Ludwig D. Faddeev -- The quantum Sine-Gordon equation as the massive Thirring model / Sidney Coleman -- Topological conservation laws / Sidney Coleman -- Quantum expansion of soliton solutions / Tsung Dao Lee -- Lectures on quark confinement. Quarks on a lattice / Kenneth G. Wilson -- Gauge theories for strong interactions / Gerard 't Hooft -- Course 5. Quantum theory of gravitation / Martin J.G. Veltman -- Course 6. Applications of the renormalization group to critical phenomena / Edouard Brezin