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Mathematical Methods for Mathematical Foundations of Quantum by Danilo Babusci (INFN, Italy), Giuseppe Dattoli (ENEA, Italy), by Albert Schwarz (University of California at Davis, USA) Silvia Licciardi (ENEA, Italy) & Elio Sabia (ENEA, Italy) The book is very different from other books devoted to , The book covers different aspects of mathematical methods for Physics. both in the style of exposition and in the choice of topics. Written for both It is designed for graduate courses but a part of it can also be used by mathematicians and physicists, the author explains the theoretical formulation undergraduate students. The leitmotiv of the book is the search for a with a mixture of rigorous proofs and heuristic arguments, careful to avoid common mathematical framework for a wide class of apparently disparate ambiguous definitions and statements that can be found in some physics physical phenomena. An important role, within this respect, is provided by textbooks. a nonconventional formulation of and polynomials. The proposed methods simplify the understanding of the relevant technicalities In terms of topics, almost all other books are devoted to relativistic quantum and yield a unifying view to their applications in Physics as well as other field theory, conversely this book is concentrated on the material that does branches of . not depend on the assumptions of Lorentz-invariance and/or locality. It is not assumed that the reader is familiar with quantum ; the book 480pp Oct 2019 contains a short introduction to for mathematicians and 978-981-120-157-8 US$128 £115 an appendix devoted to some mathematical facts used in the book. 978-981-120-268-1(pbk) US$58 £50 350pp Apr 2020 for Physicists (2nd Edition) 978-981-3278-63-9 US$128 £115 by Zhong-Qi Ma (Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, China) PT Symmetry This textbook explains the fundamental concepts and techniques of group theory in a language familiar to physicists. The second edition includes In Quantum and extensive updates and new materials. Calculation methods in the context of by Carl M Bender (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) physics are emphasized. The generalized Gel'fand's method is presented to Contributions by Patrick E Dorey, Clare Dunning, Andreas Fring, calculate the matrices of irreducible representations of the simple Lie Daniel W Hook, Hugh F Jones, Sergii Kuzhel, Géza Lévai & and its Clebsch–Gordan coefficients. Roberto Tateo Review of the first edition: Originated by the author in 1998, the field of PT (parity-time) symmetry has “The authors present an interesting book explaining group theory in terms become an extremely active and exciting area of research. PT-symmetric of physics, closing an often observed gap in the literature between abstract quantum and classical systems have theoretical, experimental, and mathematical theory and physical applications ... It is self-contained as much commercial applications, and have been the subject of many journal articles, as is possible. Many examples and exercises, including solutions, allow the PhD theses, conferences, and symposia. Carl Bender’s work has influenced reader to become more familiar with the subject.” major advances in physics and generations of students. Mathematical Reviews This book is an accessible entry point to PT symmetry, ideal for students and 656pp Sep 2019 looking to begin their own research projects in this field. 978-981-3277-38-0 US$128 £115 978-981-3277-96-0(pbk) US$68 £60 468pp Jan 2019 978-1-78634-595-0 US$138 £120 Subscribe / Recommend 978-1-78634-668-1(pbk) US$58 £50 to your Librarian!

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Space Time and Dark Matter in Your Face The Hidden Sectors of and Selected Correspondence of Sidney Coleman by Alberto Grasso (Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and by Aaron S Wright (Dalhousie University, Canada), Diana Coleman Research, Italy) & David Kaiser (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) The nature of dark matter is one of the key enquiries of cosmology and particle Sidney Coleman (1937 – 2007) was a renowned theoretical , who physics. Coherently approaching the fundamental questions, this book taught for more than forty years at Harvard University. He contributed critical critically explores the role of the “space time” by fixing the representations of work on quantum field theory, high-energy particle physics, and cosmology. its underlying symmetries and classifying the relevant scattering portals of the He was also a remarkably effective teacher who had mentored several principal dark matter candidates. With particular reference to the experimental leading members in the field. His sense of humor and wit became legendary. constraints on annihilation and direct detection cross sections, the author This selection of his previously unpublished correspondence depicts reviews the kinetic and thermodynamic evolution since the decoupling era Coleman’s illustrious career. The letters show the depth of Coleman’s of what would have become the dark matter relics at the cosmological scale activities and interests, including science fiction, space travel, and the US and the dark halos at the galactic scale. counter culture. The volume also includes for the first time in print Coleman’s In good synthesis, the ultimate scope of the book is to present the logic legendary lecture “Quantum Mechanics in Your Face.” interplay between the microscopic and the macroscopic points of view on the “dark matter problem”, by finding their unifying key element in the intimate 450pp May 2020 nature of the “space time”. 978-981-120-135-6 US$98 £85 978-981-120-204-9(pbk) US$48 £40 350pp Sep 2020 978-981-3276-94-9 US$128 £115 Roman Jackiw 80th Birthday Festschrift Interacting Gravitational, edited by Antti Niemi (University of Stockholm, Electromagnetic, Neutrino ), Terry Tomboulis (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) & and Other Waves Kok Khoo Phua (Nanyang Technological In the Context of Einstein’s General Theory University, Singapore) of Relativity ○ Dedicated to Roman Jackiw, a by Anzhong Wang (Baylor University, USA) theoretical physicist well-known for his This book investigates interactions among contributions in quantum and classical gravitational waves and matter fields beyond field linear order. Only a basic understanding of general ○ Contributed by two Nobel laureates, one Field Medalist and relativity is required to understand the materials. many other leading researchers The book opens with an overview on the fundamentals of the Newman- ○ Consisting of reviews on the current research progress as well Penrose formalism and a brief introduction to distribution theory, with which as interesting anecdotes of famous physicists the author systematically develops a mathematical description of 300pp Apr 2020 of colliding plane waves. Then, the author discusses a variety of nonlinear 978-981-121-066-2 US$118 £105 interactions, including the collisions of two plane gravitational waves and the collisions of a plane gravitational wave with a dust shell, a massless scalar wave, an electromagnetic wave, or a neutrino wave. Lectures of David Olive on Gauge 200pp Jul 2020 Theories and Lie 978-981-121-148-5 US$98 £85 With Some Applications to Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and Integrable Dynamical Systems With Foreword by Lars Brink A Primer for Physics Students edited by Andreas Fring (City, University of by Andrew E Blechman (Wayne State University, USA) London, UK) & Neil Turok (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Canada) This book is both an introduction and summary of many mathematical methods that are needed to solve problems in advanced undergraduate or Professor David Olive was a renowned British early graduate physics courses. The material is presented through example theoretical physicist who critically contributed to to demonstrate how it would be useful in the context of solving physics superstrings, quantum gauge theories and mathematical physics, for which problems, with minimal use of formalism or proof. Topics include linear he was awarded the Dirac Medal together with his long-standing collaborator algebra; vector and analysis; geometric tools such as metrics and Peter Goddard. These lectures, delivered by David Olive in 1982 at the curvature; mathematical groups, with emphasis on and University of Virginia, show his visionary conjectures and exceptionally clear Lie groups/algebras; complex ; integral transforms and differential and insightful style of exposition. They provide a pedagogical, self-contained equations; and an introduction to algebraic . introduction to some of the most complex topics in quantum , such as Lie algebras, electromagnetic duality and integrable models. This book would be ideal as a study guide to help students through difficult courses. Alternatively, it could be used as a supplementary text in a Readership: Graduate students and academics interested in quantum mathematical physics course. field theory.

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A Quantum Leap in Information and Theory Scientific Explanation by Stefano Mancini (University of Camerino, Italy) Determinism, Indeterminism and Laws of Nature & Andreas Winter (Autonomous University of edited by Valia Allori (Northern Illinois Barcelona, Spain) University, USA) This is an introductory textbook at graduate or The book explores several open questions in advanced undergraduate level. Students with the philosophy and the foundations of statistical diverse backgrounds, in mathematics, physics and mechanics. Each chapter is written by a leading , can use it to become acquainted expert in and/or mathematical with the quantum theory of information. Its scope physics. They examine fundamental questions is deliberately chosen to be not too broad, while such as the connection between thermodynamic being self-consistent and usable for a semester-long course for beginners. arrow and the psychological arrow of time, application of Boltzmann’s The subject is presented using a balanced mix of intuitive arguments and analysis to the quantum domain and the entropy state of the big bang. rigorous formalism. The emphasis is not on the physical information but Readership: Graduate and research level students and professional in rather in the formal and mathematical features of quantum . mathematical physics, statistical mechanics, quantum theory and physics. Only a basic knowledge of algebra is required to understand the contents of this book. In particular, a background in quantum mechanics is not needed, 400pp Feb 2020 since quantum theory is used as a mere mathematical framework without 978-981-121-171-3 US$138 £120 entering into physical interpretations. Examples are provided to help the reader in understanding the different concepts, together with exercises at the end of each chapter. A Supergravity Primer From Geometrical Principles to the Final Lagrangian 210pp Apr 2020 by Michel Rausch de Traubenberg (CNRS Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert 978-981-120-154-7 US$88 £75 Curien, France) & Mauricio Valenzuela (Universidad San Sebastián, Chile) This book is devoted to a pedagogical introduction to supergravity from The Physical Foundations of Hydrodynamic a practical perspective. In the first part of the book, the N=1 supergravity Lagrangian in four dimensions is derived using a superspace Processes approach following the reference of Wess and Bagger. The authors then Macroscopic and Kinetic Approaches move on to address more phenomenological aspects of supergravity by Nikolay Nikolaevich Fimin & Valery Mihailovich Chechetkin such as breaking, no-scale supergravity and super-Higgs (Russian Academy of , Russia) mechanism. Finally, the connection between supergravity/particle physics and cosmology are discussed. As a particular feature of the book, the authors This book studies the fundamental concept of hydrodynamics, starting with provide explicit derivations, making the computations easier to follow for the the microscopic kinetic approach and moving up to large-scale structures. It interested reader. demonstrates the connection of macroscopic approach with the description of properties of motion and microscopic kinetic theory. Recent 376pp Nov 2019 investigations in instabilities and turbulence theory are also discussed. 978-981-121-051-8 US$118 £105 Textbook 245pp Mar 2020 978-981-121-115-7 US$98 £85 Advanced on Theoretical Physical Science Space – Time, Yang – Mills An Eventful Journey to Gravity, and Dynamics of Cosmic Unification of All the Expansion Fundamental Forces How Quantum Yang – Mills Gravity in the Super- Macroscopic Limit Leads to an Effective G (t) by Robert Delbourgo (University of Tasmania, μv Australia) and New Perspectives on Hubble’s Law, the Cosmic Redshift and Dark Energy Following Einstein’s footsteps, many theorists by Jong-Ping Hsu (University of Massachusetts have been trying to unify electromagnetic force Dartmouth, USA) & Leonardo Hsu (Santa Rosa with gravitational force by incorporating additional Junior College, USA) minuscule coordinates, culminating in — which has unfortunately not met with Yang – Mills gravity is an innovative theory that brings gravity back to the experimental support. The author shows that one arena of gauge symmetry, quantum fields and quantum mechanics. It provides a unique treatment of gravity consistent with experimental results. can successfully unify gravity with by adding a single This book shows how one can combine Yang – Mills gauge symmetry and complex anticommuting coordinate to spacetime, which can be associated effective Einstein – Grossmann metric to tackle physical problems with the property of ‘’. It traces the history of attempts of unification at microscopic, macroscopic and super-macroscopic length scales. In before explaining the author’s “where – when – what” scheme. particular, the combination of gauge symmetry and an effective metric Readership: All science graduates who have studied one or two years of tensor provides a framework for and leads to an alternative dynamics of university level mathematics. cosmic expansion based on quantum Yang – Mills gravity at the super- macroscopic limit. 150pp Mar 2020 978-981-121-014-3 US$68 £60 300pp Dec 2019 978-981-120-043-4 US$108 £95

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Mathematical Methods of Diagrammatics (2nd Edition) Theoretical Physics Lectures on Selected Problems in Condensed by Karl Svozil (Technische Universität Wien, ) Matter Theory by Michael V Sadovskii (Russian Academy of This book features very detailed explicit proofs Sciences, Russia) and demonstrations of common mathematical methods used in theoretical physics. It combines The introduction of quantum field theory methods and unifies many expositions of the subject and has led to a “revolution” in condensed matter thus is accessible to a very wide range of students theory, resulting in the increased importance of including those interested in experimental and Feynman diagrams or diagram technique. Thus, it . The content is divided into three is imperative for professionals in the field to have parts: linear vector spaces, and a thorough knowledge of this method. differential equations. The book is intended to teach students, postdocs and young theorists to 300pp Oct 2019 apply diagrammatic quantum field theory methods to solve different problems 978-981-120-840-9 US$78 £70 Textbook in theoretical . The concepts are illustrated using specific examples of such problems. This latest edition is extended to include From to new material on superconductivity and diagram . Quantum Field Theory, a Tutorial 384pp Oct 2019 by Manuel Asorey (Universidad de Zaragoza, 978-981-121-220-8 US$118 £105 Spain), Elisa Ercolessi (University of Bologna, Italy & INFN-sezione di Bologna, Italy) & Valter Moretti (University of Trento, Italy) Topology and Physics This book introduces advanced graduate and edited by Chen Ning Yang (Tsinghua University, PhD students, as well as young researchers, China), Mo-Lin Ge (Chern Institute of to current research topics in mathematics and Mathematics, China) & Yang-Hui He physics. It presents in a unique volume the different (City, University of London, UK) approaches to quantization, starting from the ideas As with all beautiful mathematical concepts, of classical mechanics up to the development of quantum field theories. In topology inevitably finds its prominent role in particular, it fills the gap between the more physical-oriented and the more physics. This book provides the latest review mathematical-oriented literature on quantum theory. of the interplay between “Topology” and Readership: Students and researchers in mathematics and physics who “Physics”, contributed by an assembly of grand are interested in Classical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory. masters of the field such as Chen Ning Yang, Sir , Nick Manton, , , 300pp Dec 2019 Louis H Kauffman, Minhyong Kim, Sir , Haijun Zhang, 978-981-120-840-9 US$78 £70 Textbook Shou-Cheng Zhang and Xiao-Gang Wen. High Accuracy for the 232pp Mar 2019 978-981-3278-49-3 US$88 £75 Differential Equations Governing 978-981-3278-50-9(pbk) US$28 £25 Anomalous Diffusion Algorithm and Models for Anomalous Diffusion by Weihua Deng & Zhijiang Zhang Particles in the Early Universe (Lanzhou University, China) High-Energy Limit of the from The aim of this book is to extend the application the Contraction of Its Gauge Group field of ‘anomalous diffusion’, and describe the by Nikolai A Gromov (Russian Academy of newly built models and the simulation techniques Sciences, Russia) to the models. Key Features: The book first introduces ‘anomalous diffusion’ from the ○ A new unique interpretation of the point of view, then discusses the models characterizing anomalous diffusion high-energy limit of the Standard and its applications, such as the Fokker-Planck equation, the Feymann-Kac Model generated by the contraction of equations and also the microscopic model — Langevin type equation. The its gauge group is given second main part focuses on providing the high accuracy schemes for these ○ The dynamics of particle properties kinds of models, and the corresponding convergence and stability analysis. and their interactions at different stages of the evolution of the universe are described for the first time 296pp Feb 2019 ○ This is the only book available in English at present about group 978-981-3142-20-6 US$118 £105 contractions and their application to physical problems.

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