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Book SynopsisThis monograph describes the pinch technique and its evolution from simple one-loop beginnings to a systematic method at all orders of perturbation theory and then to fully gauge-invariant SchwingerDyson equations, leading to its many applications. This 2011 title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.
Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The pinch technique at one loop; 2. Advanced pinch technique – still one loop; 3. Pinch technique to all orders; 4. The pinch technique in the Batalin–Vilkovisky framework; 5. The gauge technique; 6. Schwinger–Dyson equations in the pinch technique framework; 7. Non-perturbative gluon mass and quantum solitons; 8. Nexuses, sphalerons, and fractional topological charge; 9. A brief summary of d=3 NAGTs; 10. The pinch technique for electroweak theory; 11. Other applications of the pinch technique; Appendix; Index.
