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This invaluable book is an extensive set of lecture notes on
various aspects of non-perturbative quantum chromodynamics--the
fundamental theory of strong interaction on which nuclear and
hadronic physics is based. The original edition of the book,
written in the mid-1980's, had more of a review style. In the
second edition the outline remains the same, but the text has been
completely rewritten, and extended. Apart from the new developments
over the years, this edition has benefited from several graduate
courses which the author has taught at Stony Brook during the last
decade. The text is now complemented by exercises and has a total
of about 1000 references to major works, arranged by subject. Three
major issues--the structure of the QCD vacuum, the structure of
hadrons, and the physics of hot/dense matter--are addressed as
"physics problems. Therefore, when discussing any specific subject,
the book attempts to incorporate (1) all the solid theoretical
results, (2) experimental information, and (3) results of numerical
(lattice) simulations, which are playing an increasing role in
quantum field theory in general, and the development of QCD in
particular. "The QCD Vaccum, Hadrons and Superdense Matter takes
the reader from the first encounter with the subject to the front
line of research, as quickly as possible.
This invaluable book is an extensive set of lecture notes on
various aspects of non-perturbative quantum chromodynamics--the
fundamental theory of strong interaction on which nuclear and
hadronic physics is based. The original edition of the book,
written in the mid-1980's, had more of a review style. In the
second edition the outline remains the same, but the text has been
completely rewritten, and extended. Apart from the new developments
over the years, this edition has benefited from several graduate
courses which the author has taught at Stony Brook during the last
decade. The text is now complemented by exercises and has a total
of about 1000 references to major works, arranged by subject. Three
major issues--the structure of the QCD vacuum, the structure of
hadrons, and the physics of hot/dense matter--are addressed as
"physics problems. Therefore, when discussing any specific subject,
the book attempts to incorporate (1) all the solid theoretical
results, (2) experimental information, and (3) results of numerical
(lattice) simulations, which are playing an increasing role in
quantum field theory in general, and the development of QCD in
particular. "The QCD Vacuum, Hadrons and Superdense Matter takes
the reader from the first encounter with the subject to the front
line of research, as quickly as possible.
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