Large Nc Qcd 2004 Proceedings Of The Workshop Ws International Workshop On Large Nc Qcd by International Workshop On Large Nc Qcd, Jose L. Goity, A. Pich, C. L. Schat, N. N. Scoccola 9789812563996, 9789812701725, 9812563997, 9812701729 instant download after payment.

The large Nc limit plays a fundamental role in the study of non-abelian gauge theories such as quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Since its discovery in 1974 by 't Hooft, the 1/Nc expansion has provided crucial insights into the non-perturbative aspects of gauge theories. The expansion implemented at the effective theory level is one of the fundamental tools currently in use in hadronic physics; there are important effects and relations that follow from the 1/Nc expansion, which held remarkably well in the real world with Nc=3. The 1/Nc expansion also plays a central role in the recently discovered connections between non-Abelian gauge and string theories, promising new ways to analyze the non-perturbative domain of gauge theories. This volume contains contributions from leading theorists, and covers the recent developments in the 1/Nc expansion in QCD. The topics addressed include: confinement, AdS/CFT correspondence and the string-QCD connection, topology in large Nc, lattice QCD, and a variety of applications to mesons and baryons.