The Large N Expansion in Quantum Field Theory and Statistical Physics
Subtitle: From Spin Systems to 2-Dimensional Gravity
Contributors: S. R. Wadia (Editor)
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Published: October 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9789810204556
Subjects: Non-relativistic quantum mechanics; Theoretical methods; Science/Mathematics; Statistical Physics; Science; Gauge fields (Physics); Physics; Quantum Theory; Quantum Field Theory; String models
First sentence: The study of spin systems in the large N limit began with the paper of Stanley [1], who studied the N vector model using saddle point techniques.