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The landscape of theoretical physics : a global view : from point particles to the brane world and beyond in search of a unifying principle /
This book attempts to provide a synthetic view of fundamental theoretical physics. It describes the ingredients which may have to be used in order to build a theory which will unify general relativity, quantum field theory, and the known fundamental interactions. The books written so far have either...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht ; Boston :
Kluwer Academic Publishers,
©2001.
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| Colección: | Fundamental theories of physics ;
v. 119. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The landscape of theoretical physics : |b a global view : from point particles to the brane world and beyond in search of a unifying principle / |c by Matej Pavšič. |
| 260 | |a Dordrecht ; |a Boston : |b Kluwer Academic Publishers, |c ©2001. | ||
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| 490 | 1 | |a Fundamental theories of physics ; |v v. 119 | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-361) and index. | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Point Particles -- 1. THE SPINLESS POINT PARTICLE -- 1.1 Point particles versus worldlines -- 1.2 Classical theory -- 1.3 First quantization -- 1.4 Second quantization -- 2. POINT PARTICLES AND CLIFFORD ALGEBRA -- 2.1 Introduction to geometric calculus based on Clifford algebra -- 2.2 Algebra of spacetime -- 2.3 Physical quantities as polyvectors -- 2.4 The unconstrained action from the polyvector action -- 2.5 Quantization of the polyvector action -- 2.6 On the second quantization of the polyvector action -- 2.7 Some further important consequences of Clifford algebra -- 2.8 The polyvector action and De Witt ... Rovelli material reference system -- 3. HARMONIC OSCILLATOR IN PSEUDO-EUCLIDEAN SPACE -- 3.1 The 2-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean harmonic oscillator -- 3.2 Harmonic oscillator in d-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space -- 3.3 A system of scalar fields -- 3.4 Conclusion -- Part II Extended Objects -- 4. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF MEMBRANE KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS -- 4.1 Membrane space M -- 4.2 Membrane dynamics -- 4.3 More about the interconnections among various membrane actions -- 5. MORE ABOUT PHYSICS IN M -SPACE -- 5.1 Gauge fields in M-space -- 5.2 Dynamical metric field in M-space -- 6. EXTENDED OBJECTS AND CLIFFORD ALGEBRA -- 6.1 Mathematical preliminaries -- 6.2 Dynamical vector field in M-space -- 6.3 Full covariance in the space of parameters f A -- 7 . QUANTIZATION -- 7.1 The quantum theory of unconstrained membranes -- 7.2 Clifford algebra and quantization -- Part III Brane World -- 8. SPACETIME AS A MEMBRANE IN A HIGHER-DIMENSIONAL SPACE -- 8.1 The brane in a curved embedding space -- 8.2 A system of many intersecting branes -- 8.3 The origin of matter in the brane world -- 8.4 Comparison with the Randall ... Sundrum model -- 9. THE EINSTEIN ... HILBERT ACTION ON THE BRANE AS THE EFFECTIVE ACTION -- 9.1 The classical model -- 9.2 The quantum model -- 9.3 Conclusion -- 10. ON THE RESOLUTION OF TIME PROBLEM IN QUANTUM GRAVITY -- 10.1 Space as a moving 3-dimensional membrane in V N -- 10.2 Spacetime as a moving 4-dimensional membrane in VN -- Part IV Beyond the Horizon -- 11. THE LANDSCAPE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS: A GLOBAL VIEW -- 12. NOBODY REALLY UNDERSTANDS QUANTUM MECHANICS -- 12.1 The 'I' intuitively understands quantum mechanics -- 12.2 Decoherence -- 12.3 On the problem of basis in the Everett interpretation -- 12.4 Brane world and brain world -- 12.5 Final discussion on quantum mechanics, and conclusion -- 13. FINAL DISCUSSION -- 13.1 What is wrong with tachyons? -- 13.2 Is the electron indeed an event moving in spacetime? -- 13.3 Is our world indeed a single huge 4-dimensional membrane? -- 13.4 How many dimensions are there? -- 13.5 Will it ever be possible to find solutions to the classical and quantum brane equations of motion and make predictions? -- 13.6 Have we found a unifying principle? -- Appendices -- The dilatationally invariant system of units -- References. | |
| 520 | |a This book attempts to provide a synthetic view of fundamental theoretical physics. It describes the ingredients which may have to be used in order to build a theory which will unify general relativity, quantum field theory, and the known fundamental interactions. The books written so far have either considered a specialized topic in much detail, or they were too superficial and general. This book unites both approaches: it provides enough detail to start with, but does not go too far in developing a particular special field. Instead it turns to another special field and then shows how different fields are interrelated in a fascinating way. Many surprising new findings are revealed. Audience: This book will be of interest to those who would like to explore how the `Theory of Everything' could possibly be formulated. It will be of interest to researchers and students. A background in general relativity and quantum mechanics is recommended. The introductory sections, and especially Part IV: Beyond the Horizon, need no such background knowledge. They are intended for the reader who is interested in the conceptual and even philosophical questions. | ||
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