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In the following lectures, I shall try to give an elementary introduction to gauge theories. I shall not assume that the reader is familiar with gauge theories, but I will expect him to know the elements of quantum electrodynamics such as Feynman rules and the like. I shall try to be as explicit as possible in all computations and I shall always try to develop the ideas along particularly simple examples without giving proofs for the general case. In the spirit of our society I shall thus follow the principle of “Division of Labour”: Let some prove the theorems and others use them.
Lecture given at XVII. Internationale Universitätswochen für Kernphysik, Schladming, Austria, February 21–March 3, 1978.
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Pietschmann, H. (1978). Elementary Introduction to Gauge Theories. In: Urban, P. (eds) Facts and Prospects of Gauge Theories. Acta Physica Austriaca, vol 19/1978. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8538-4_2
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