Gauge theory: Historical origins and some modern developments

DOI10.1103/RevModPhys.72.1zbMath1205.81106OpenAlexW2070059824WikidataQ59412208 ScholiaQ59412208MaRDI QIDQ3077111

Norbert Straumann, Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh

Publication date: 21 February 2011

Published in: Reviews of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.72.1

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of quantum theory (81-03) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Noncommutative geometry methods in quantum field theory (81T75)

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