The continuum limit of causal fermion systems. From Planck scale structures to macroscopic physics (Q736626)

Many years ago the author started to work on the principle of the fermionic projector and since then wrote many articles on causal fermion systems, thus providing a bridge between mathematics and quantum physics. Important for him was a non-perturbative construction of the fermionic projector. The present book collects the results of many research papers of the author and shows the great endeavor behind. There are five chapters. Chapter 1 gives an overview of the main topic, the framework for causal fermion systems as a fundamental approach to unified quantum physics. It is meant to lay the basic mathematical concepts. Chapter 2 introduces computational tools for the continuum limit of the causal action. Chapter 3 analyzes a system of relativistic interacting fermions in a space-time continuum. One important subject here concerns the Euler-Lagrange equations. Chapter 4 applies the causal action principle to a system of Dirac particles including neutrinos. This approach combines weak and gravitational interactions. Chapter 5 analyzes the causal action principle and the continuum limit for a system involving both leptons and quarks. Effective interactions are obtained combining gravity and gauge fields of the Standard Model. I find this book extremely useful and important for mathematicians and physicists alike, because it signifies a renaissance of mathematical logic and new vision of particle physics and gravity.