Of connections and fields - I. Chern's mathematical ideas in physics

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dc.contributor.author	Samuel, J.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2005-12-26T08:53:24Z	-
dc.date.available	2005-12-26T08:53:24Z	-
dc.date.issued	2005-04	-
dc.identifier.citation	Resonance, 2005, April, Vol.10, p10-21.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0971-8044	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/863	-
dc.description.abstract	We describe some instances of the appearance of Chern's mathematical ideas in physics. By means of simple examples, we bring out the geometric and topological ideas which have found application in describing the physical world. These applications range from magnetic monopoles in electrodynamics to instantons in quantum chromodynamics to the geometric phase of quantum mechanics. The first part of this article is elementary and addressed to a general reader. The second part is some what more demanding and is addressed to advanced students of mathematics and physics.	en
dc.format.extent	273445 bytes	-
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	-
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.	en
dc.rights	Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.	en
dc.subject	Connection	en
dc.subject	Curvature	en
dc.subject	magnetic monopoles	en
dc.subject	Fibre bundles	en
dc.subject	Gauge group	en
dc.subject	Geometric phase	en
dc.subject	Chern–Weil theory	en
dc.subject	Chern–Simons theory	en
dc.title	Of connections and fields - I. Chern's mathematical ideas in physics	en
dc.type	Article	en
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