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This volume is dedicated to Prof. Hiroomi Umezawa to honour of his retirement from the Killam Memorial Chair of Theoretical Physics at the University of Alberta

Contents: Extended Systems in Field Theory :Introduction (J-L Gervais and A Neveu)Vortices and Quark Confinement in Non-Abelian Gauge Theories (S Mandelstam)Mag

This primer is aimed at elevating graduate students of condensed matter theory to a level where they can engage in independent research. Topics covered include

This volume links field theory methods and concepts from particle physics with those in critical phenomena and statistical mechanics, the development starting f