The problem of Gauge theory

zbMATH Open1256.81082arXiv0812.4512MaRDI QIDQ4648151FDOQ4648151

Authors: Edward Witten 

Publication date: 8 November 2012

Abstract: I sketch what it is supposed to mean to quantize gauge theory, and how this can be made more concrete in perturbation theory and also by starting with a finite-dimensional lattice approximation. Based on real experiments and computer simulations, quantum gauge theory in four dimensions is believed to have a mass gap. This is one of the most fundamental facts that makes the Universe the way it is. This article is the written form of a lecture presented at the conference "Geometric Analysis: Past and Future" (Harvard University, August 27-September 1, 2008), in honor of the 60th birthday of S.-T. Yau.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.4512

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

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