strong coupling expansion
1Coupling constant — For the Murray von Neumann coupling constant, see von Neumann algebra. For the coupling constant in NMR spectroscopy, see NMR spectroscopy and/or Proton NMR. In physics, a coupling constant, usually denoted g, is a number that determines the… …
21/N expansion — In quantum field theory and statistical mechanics, the 1/N expansion (also known as the large N expansion) is a particular perturbative analysis of quantum field theories with an internal symmetry group such as SO(N) or SU(N). It consists in… …
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4Physical Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Scientists discovered a new family of superconducting materials and obtained unique images of individual hydrogen atoms and of a multiple exoplanet system. Europe completed the Large Hadron Collider, and China and India took… …
5QCD vacuum — The QCD vacuum is the vacuum state of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). It is an example of a non perturbative vacuum state, characterized by many non vanishing condensates such as the gluon condensate or the quark condensate. These condensates… …
6Dimensionless physical constant — In physics, a dimensionless physical constant (sometimes fundamental physical constant) is a universal physical constant that is dimensionless having no unit attached, so its numerical value is the same under all possible systems of units. The… …
7Scalar field theory — In theoretical physics, scalar field theory can refer to a classical or quantum theory of scalar fields. A field which is invariant under any Lorentz transformation is called a scalar , in contrast to a vector or tensor field. The quanta of the… …
8Polymer field theory — A polymer field theory within the framework of statistical mechanics is a statistical field theory, describing the statistical behavior of a neutral or charged polymer system within the field theoretic approach.It can be derived by transforming… …
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10Beta-function — In theoretical physics, specifically quantum field theory, a beta function β(g) encodes the dependence of a coupling parameter, g, on the energy scale, mu of a given physical process. It is defined by the relation:::eta(g) = mu,frac{partial… …
