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Ken Wilson Memorial Volume: Renormalization, Lattice Gauge Theory, The Operator Product Expansion And Quantum Fields

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ISBN-10:: 9814619213
ISBN-13:: 9789814619219
Pub. Date:: 05/29/2015
Publisher:: World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated

ISBN-10:: 9814619213
ISBN-13:: 9789814619219
Pub. Date:: 05/29/2015
Publisher:: World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated

Ken Wilson Memorial Volume: Renormalization, Lattice Gauge Theory, The Operator Product Expansion And Quantum Fields

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'Kenneth Wilson was a brilliant and creative contributor to the work on renormalization groups and phase transitions. He applied his multifaceted genius to condensed matter physics as well as nuclear and elementary particle physics.'
by Murray Gell-MannThe purpose of bringing out this volume is to commemorate the memory of Ken Wilson and to preserve the legacy of his ground-breaking advances. This volume brings together a collection of articles written by colleagues of Ken Wilson as well as fellow physicists and scholars — some of who knew him personally and others who are knowledgeable about his sterling contributions to the foundations of theoretical physics.To commemorate the memory of Ken Wilson, many leading and illustrious physicists have contributed to this volume — Ian Affleck, Belal E Baaquie, Ken Bowler, Édouard Brézin, Tohru Eguchi, Michael E Fisher, Paul Ginsparg, Domenico Giuliano, Stanislaw Glazek, Bailin Hao, Kerson Huang, Roman Jackiw, Richard Kenway, H R Krishnamurthy, N D Mermin, Stuart Pawley, Michael Peskin, Alexander Polyakov, John Schwarz, R Shankar, Akira Ukawa, David Wallace, Franz Wegner, Steven Weinberg, and Anthony Zee.

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ISBN-13:	9789814619219
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/29/2015
Pages:	396
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.80(h) x 1.00(d)

Foreword B. E. Baaquie v

Foreword K. Huang vii

1 Effective field theory, past and future Steven Weinberg 1

2 A critical history of renormalization Kerson Huang 19

3 Renormalization group theory, the epsilon expansion, and Ken Wilson as I knew him Michael E. Fisher 43

4 Early memories of Ken N. D. Mermin 83

5 Ken Wilson - The early years Roman Jackiw 87

6 Kenneth Wilson in Moscow Alexander Polyakov 93

7 Wilson's renormalization group: A paradigmatic shift Édouard Brézin 97

8 Kenneth Wilson - renormalization and QCD Franz Wegner 105

9 Lattice gauge theory and the large N reduction Tohru Eguchi 117

10 The lattice gauge field Lagrangian and Hamiltoman Belal E. Baaquie 127

11 Ken Wilson: Solving the strong interactions Michael E. Peskin 155

12 Renormalization group approach to quantum Hamiltonian dynamics Stanislaw D. Glazek 173

13 RG for non-relativistic fermions R. Shankar 203

14 Gauge theories on the Coulomb branch John H. Schwarz 213

15 Screening clouds and Majorana fermions Ian Affleck Domenico Giuliano 233

16 Kenneth Wilson and lattice QCD Akira Ukawa 263

17 Skeleton graph expansion of critical exponents in "cultural revolution" years Bailin Hao 319

18 Personal reflections on Kenneth Wilson at Princeton and Edinburgh Ken Bowler Richard Kenway Stuart Pawley David Wallace 341

19 Ken Wilson - A Tribute: Some recollections and a few thoughts on education H. R. Krishnamurthy 347

20 Kenneth G. Wilson: Renormalized after-dinner anecdotes Paul Ginsparg 361

21 My memory of Ken Wilson Anthony Zee 381

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