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Treatment of Collective Coordin... (V34)

Treatment of Collective Coordin... (V34)

Hardcover

Series: Ws Lecture Notes in Physics, Book 34

Physics

ISBN10: 9810203063
ISBN13: 9789810203061
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: Jul 11 1990
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

These lecture notes deal with the problem of collective coordinates in many-body systems, which are treated as gauge systems in (0+1) dimensions. The resulting classical Dirac brackets are discussed, as well as the structure of the quantal space of wavefunctions. Emphasis is made on the application of the BRST formalism. Several systems displaying an approximate breakdown of symmetries are treated. Many-body physicists may find attractive both a rigorous formulation of the problem of collective coordinates and being introduced to the BRST formalism, which has become a fundamental tool in gauge theories. Field-theorists may find illuminating the applications to simpler mechanical examples. The notes are self-contained. In particular, they do not require a previous knowledge of either the BRST formalism or of collective transformations.

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