[{"key":"dc.contributor.author","value":"Brits, Lionel","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.accessioned","value":"2011-02-17T19:24:31Z","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.available","value":"2011-02-17T19:24:31Z","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.issued","value":"2007","language":null},{"key":"dc.identifier.uri","value":"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2429\/31435","language":null},{"key":"dc.description.abstract","value":"The (2+l)-dimensional Yang-Mills theory is studied in the functional Schro\u0308dinger formalism using the machinery laid out by Karabali and Nair. The low-lying spectrum of the theory is computed by analyzing correlators of the Leigh-Minic-Yelnikov ground-state wave-functional in the Abelian limit. The contribution of the WZW measure is treated by a controlled approximation and the resulting spectrum is shown to reduce to that obtained by Leigh et al., at large momentum. The inclusion of fundamental Fermions is done from first-principles, and it is found that the requirement of gauge invariance spoils the commutativity between gauge and matter fields.","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.language.iso","value":"eng","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.publisher","value":"University of British Columbia","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.rights","value":"For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/terms_of_use.","language":null},{"key":"dc.title","value":"Hamiltonian treatment of the (2+1)-dimensional Yang-Mills theory","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.type","value":"Text","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.degree.name","value":"Master of Science - MSc","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.degree.discipline","value":"Physics","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.degree.grantor","value":"University of British Columbia","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.type.text","value":"Thesis\/Dissertation","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.description.affiliation","value":"Science, Faculty of","language":null},{"key":"dc.description.affiliation","value":"Physics and Astronomy, Department of","language":null},{"key":"dc.degree.campus","value":"UBCV","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.description.scholarlevel","value":"Graduate","language":"en"}]