This book constitutes the proceedings of the X Jorge André Swieca Summer School — Particles and Fields. It includes topics on non-commutative geometry, constructive quantum field theory and duality in quantum field theory, as well as various subjects in high energy physics and phenomenology.
Introduction to QCD, M.L. Mengano; w. physics, M.E. Pol; search for new particles in the context of SUSY, L. Pape; constructive renormalization theory, V. Rivasseau; s-matrices and the bootstrap procedure in two-dimensional field theories, A. Pocklington; supersymmetry effects on high-precision electroweak observables, A. Djouadi; vacuum effective action and inflation, J.C. Fabris et al; new perturbative approach to quantum field theory, V. Gupta. (Part contents)