Five Lectures on the Jet Methods in Field Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The fibre bundle formulation of gauge theory is generally accepted. The jet manifold machinery completes this formulation and provides the adequate mathematical description of dynamics of fields represented by sections of fibre bundles. Theory of differential operators, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms on bundles have utilized widely the language of jet manifolds. Moreover, when not restricted to principal connections, differential geometry also is phrased in jet terms. However, this powerful tool remains almost unknown to physicists. These Lectures give introduction to jet manifolds, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms in jet manifolds and their application to a number of fundamental field models.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9411089,
title = {Five Lectures on the Jet Methods in Field Theory},
author = {G. Sardanashvily},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9411089},
year = {2007}
}
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total 113 pp, LaTeX file