Overview
- Lectures originating from a new kind of seminar directed towards physicists and mathematicians
- Provides up-to-date information and introductions about general topics of great interest in physics, covering experimental and theoretical aspects and some historical background
- Inspired by the Bourbaki seminar in mathematics in its organization
- Particular care devoted to the pedagogical nature of the presentation
Part of the book series: Progress in Mathematical Physics (PMP, volume 30)
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Keywords
- Mathematical Methods in Physics
About this book
The Poincaré Seminar is held twice a year at the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris. This volume contains the lectures of the 2002 seminars. The main topic of the first one was the vacuum energy, in particular the Casimir effect and the nature of the cosmological constant. The second one concentrated on renormalization, giving a comprehensive account of its mathematical structure and applications to high energy physics, statistical mechanics and classical mechanics.
Students will find excellent introductions to the subjects with further lectures leading to the frontiers of experimental and theoretical research, scientists will profit from contributions by outstanding experts.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Poincaré Seminar 2002
Book Subtitle: Vacuum Energy-Renormalization
Editors: Vincent Rivasseau
Series Title: Progress in Mathematical Physics
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-0579-6Published: 24 April 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-0527-7Published: 24 April 2003
Series ISSN: 1544-9998
Series E-ISSN: 2197-1846
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 332