Under the spell of the gauge principle - Hooft, G. 't (World Scientific, 1994)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 RENORMALIZATION OF GAUGE THEORIES; CHAPTER 3 THE RENORMALIZATION GROUP; CHAPTER 4 EXTENDED OBJECTS; CHAPTER 6 INSTANTONS; CHAPTER 6 PLANAR DIAGRAMS; CHAPTER 7 QUARK CONFINEMENT; CHAPTER 8 QUANTUM GRAVITY AND BLACK HOLES; CHAPTER 9 EPILOGUE; INDEX.
Few people studying Gauge Field Theory need to be convinced of the importance of the work of 't Hooft. This volume contains a selection of articles and review topics covering his well-known studies on the renormalization of non-Abelian gauge theorems, topological phenomena in gauge field theory and thoughts on the role of black holes in quantum gravity. The chapters are tied together by thoughtful commentaries which provide a background and the illumination of hindsight - together they form a clear and coherent picture of the physical and theoretical importance of gauge theories and the gauge p