The Theory of Quark and Gluon Interactions
The present book is not merely an elaboration of the 1982 text Quantum Chromodynamics: An Introduction to the Theory of Quarks and Gluons. In fact, a lot of material has been added: some of which is entirely new, and some of which is an extension of topic
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F. J. Yndurain
The Theory of Quark and Gluon Interactions Second Completely Revised and Enlarged Edition
With 66 Figures
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH
Professor F. 1. Yndurain Departamento de Fisica Teorica, C-XI Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Canto Blanco E-28049 Madrid, Spain
Editors
Roger Balian
Elliott H. Lieb
C.E.A., Service de Physique Theorique de Saclay F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Iadwin Hali Princeton University P.O. Box 708 Princeton, NI 08544-0708, USA
Wolf Beiglbock Institut fiir Angewandte Mathematik Universităt Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 294 W-6900 Heidelberg 1, FRG
Harald Grosse
Waher Thirring Institut fiir Theoretische Physik der Universităt Wien Boltzmanngasse 5 A-1090, Wien, Austria
Institut fiir Theoretische Physik der Universităt Wien Boltzmanngasse 5 A-1090 Wien, Austria
Title of the first edition F. J. Yndurain, Quantum Chromodynamics © 1983 by Springer-Verlag New York Inc. ISBN 978-3-662-02942-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Yndurilin, F. J. The Theory of Quark and Gluon Interactions / F. J. Yndurilin. p. cm. -(Texts and monographs in physics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-3-662-02942-8 ISBN 978-3-662-02940-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-02940-4 1. The Theory of Quark and Gluon Interactions. 1. Title. 92-27021 Il. Series. QC793.3.Q35Y58 1992 539.7'548-dc20
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Preface to the Second Edition
The present book is not merely an elaboration of the 1982 text Quantum Chromodynamics: An Introduction to the Theory of Quarks and Gluons. In fact, a lot of material has been added: some of which
is entirely new, and some of which is an extension of topics in the older text. Among the latter there are two sections dealing with the background field method, and the expansion of the section devoted to
