Effective Field Theory for Spontaneously Broken Symmetry
Author(s)
Brauner, Tomáš
Collection
SCOAP3 for BooksLanguage
EnglishAbstract
This open access book is about spontaneous symmetry breaking, which is a classic area of theoretical physics that lies at the core of many fascinating phenomena such as ferromagnetism, superfluidity, superconductivity, or the Higgs mechanism. The book brings an up-to-date overview of spontaneous symmetry breaking and of modern effective field theory description thereof. The topics covered include the classification of Nambu–Goldstone bosons, nonlinear realization of internal and spacetime symmetries and the construction of the corresponding effective actions, and selected applications. With in-depth exposition of conceptual foundations and numerous illustrative examples, the book is accessible to anybody having taken a basic course on quantum field theory. It serves as a self-contained text for graduate students and junior researchers in diverse areas of physics, but also as a useful reference for experts.
Keywords
Spontaneous symmetry breaking; Goldstone boson; Type-A and type-B Nambu-Goldstone boson; Coset and CCWZ construction; Nonlinear realization of symmetry; Effective Lagrangian and EFTDOI
10.1007/978-3-031-48378-3ISBN
9783031483783, 9783031483776, 9783031483783Publisher
Springer NaturePublisher website
https://www.springernature.com/gp/products/booksPublication date and place
Cham, 2024Grantor
Imprint
Springer International PublishingSeries
Lecture Notes in Physics, 1023Classification
Particle and high-energy physics
Mathematical physics
Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics)
Cosmology and the universe