@article{1434454,
      recid = {1434454},
      author = {Strocchi, F.,},
      title = {Symmetry Breaking /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiii, 286 pages)},
      abstract = {The third edition of the by now classic reference on  rigorous analysis of symmetry breaking in both classical  and quantum field theories adds new topics of relevance, in  particular the effect of dynamical Coulomb delocalization,  by which boundary conditions give rise to volume effects  and to energy/mass gap in the Goldstone spectrum (plasmon  spectrum, Anderson superconductivity, Higgs phenomenon).  The book closes with a discussion of the physical meaning  of global and local gauge symmetries and their breaking,  with attention to the effect of gauge group topology in  QCD. From the reviews of the first edition: It is  remarkable to see how much material can actually be  presented in a rigorous way (incidentally, many of the  results presented are due to Strocchi himself), yet this is  largely ignored, the original heuristic derivations being,  as a rule, more popular. - At each step he strongly  emphasizes the physical meaning and motivation of the  various notions introduced ... a book that fills a  conspicuous gap in the literature, and does it rather well.  It could also be a good basis for a graduate course in  mathematical physics. J.-P. Antoine, Physicalia 28/2, 2006  Despite many accounts in popular textbooks and a widespread  belief, the phenomenon is rather subtle, requires an  infinite set of degrees of freedom and an advanced  mathematical setting of the system under investigation. ...  The mathematically oriented graduate student will certainly  benefit from this thorough, rigorous and detailed  investigation. G. Roepstorff, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1075,  2006 From the reviews of the second edition: This second  edition of Strocchi's Symmetry Breaking presents a  complete, generalized and highly rigorous discussion of the  subject, based on a formal analysis of conditions necessary  for the mechanism of spontaneous symmetry breaking to occur  in classical systems, as well as in quantum systems. ...  This book is specifically recommended for mathematical  physicists interested in a deeper and rigorous  understanding of the subject, and it should be mandatory  for researchers studying the mechanism of spontaneous  symmetry breaking. S. Hajjawi, Mathematical Reviews, 2008.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1434454},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-62166-0},
}