Special relativity : from Einstein to strings
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Special relativity : from Einstein to strings
Cambridge University Press, 2004
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Hokkaido University, Library, Graduate School of Science, Faculty of Science and School of Science研究室
DC22:530.11/SCH952080023236
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-368) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides a thorough introduction to Einstein's special theory of relativity, suitable for anyone with a minimum of one year's university physics with calculus. It is divided into fundamental and advanced topics. The first section starts by recalling the Pythagorean rule and its relation to the geometry of space, then covers every aspect of special relativity, including the history. The second section covers the impact of relativity in quantum theory, with an introduction to relativistic quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. It also goes over the group theory of the Lorentz group, a simple introduction to supersymmetry, and ends with cutting-edge topics such as general relativity, the standard model of elementary particles and its extensions, superstring theory, and a survey of important unsolved problems. Each chapter comes with a set of exercises. The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM illustrating, through interactive animation, classic problems in relativity involving motion.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I. Fundamentals: 1. From Pythagoras to spacetime geometry
- 2. Light surprises everyone
- 3. Elements of spacetime geometry
- 4. Mechanics in spacetime
- 5. Spacetime physics of fields
- 6. Causality and relativity
- Part II. Advanced Topics: 7. When quantum mechanics and relativity collide
- 8. Group theory and relativity
- 9. Supersymmetry and superspace
- 10. Looking onward
- Appendix 1. Where do equations of motion come from?
- Appendix 2. Basic group theory
- Appendix 3. Lie groups and Lie algebras
- Appendix 4. The structure of super Lie algebras
- References
- Index.
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