Eur Phys J C (2004) 33: s871-s875
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjcd/s2003-03-1001-y

PS10 Non-perturbative Field Theory

Hopf algebra structures in particle physics

Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut), Föhringer Ring 6, D-80805 München, Germany

Received: 15 October 2003
Accepted: 24 October 2003
Published online: 6 November 2003

Abstract

In the recent years, Hopf algebras have been introduced to describe certain combinatorial properties of quantum field theories. I will give a basic introduction to these algebras and review some occurrences in particle physics.

PACS: 11.10.-z Field theory