Lattice Gauge Theory - A short Primer

Abstract

In this contribution we give an introduction to the foundations and methods of lattice gauge theory. Starting with a brief discussion of the quantum mechanical path integral, we develop the main ingredients of lattice field theory: functional integrals, Euclidean field theory and the space-time discretization of scalar, fermion and gauge fields. Some of the methods used in calculations are reviewed and illustrated by a collection of typical results.

34 pages, LaTeX2e, 20 postscript figures, uses packages epsfig, latexsym, Lectures given at the PSI Zuoz Summer School 2000

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