Title: Lattice gauge theories : an introduction /
Authors: Rothe, Heinz J.
Publisher: World Scientific,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Lattice gauge theories.; Lattice gauge theories
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The path integral approach to quantization -- 3. The free scalar field on the lattice -- 4. Fermions on the lattice -- 5. Abelian gauge fields on the lattice and compact QED -- 6. Non abelian gauge fields on the lattice compact QCD -- 7. The Wilson loop and the static quark-antiquark potential -- 8. The QQ-potential in some simple models -- 9. The continuum limit of lattice QCD -- 10. Lattice sum rules -- 11. The strong coupling expansion -- 12. The hopping parameter expansion -- 13. Weak coupling expansion (I). The [phi]³-theory -- 14. Weak coupling expansion (II). lattice QED -- 15. Weak coupling expansion (III). lattice QED -- 16. Monte Carlo methods -- 17. Some results of Monte Carlo calculations -- 18. Path-integral representation of the thermodynamical partition function for some solvable bosonic and fermionic systems -- 19. Finite temperature perturbation theory off and on the lattice -- 20. Non-perturbative QCD at finite temperature -- Appendices.