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A broader view of relativity : general implications of Lorentz and Poincaré invariance /
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| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hackensack, NJ :
World Scientific,
©2006.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | Advanced series on theoretical physical science ;
v. 10. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A. The historical and physical context of relativity theory. 1. Introduction and overview. 2. Space, time, and inertial frames. 3. The nontrivial pursuit of earth's absolute motion. 4. On the right track: Voigt, Lorentz, and Larmor. 5. The contributions of Poincaré. 6. The novel creation of the young Einstein
- B.A broader view of relativity: the central role of the principle of relativity. 7. Relativity based solely on the principle of relativity. 8. Common relativity. 9. Experimental tests I. 10. Experimental tests II. 11. Group properties of Taiji relativity and common relativity. 12. Invariant actions in relativity theories and truly universal and fundamental constants. 13. Common relativity and many-body systems. 14. Common relativity and the 3K cosmic microwave background. 15. Common relativity and quantum mechanics. 16. Common relativity and fuzzy quantum field theory. 17. Extended relativity: a weaker postulate for the speed of light
- C. The role of the principle of relativity in the physics of accelerated frames. 18. The principle of limiting Lorentz and Poincaré invariance. 19. Extended Lorentz transformations for frames with constant-linear-accelerations. 20. Physical properties of spacetime in accelerated frames. 21. Extended Lorentz transformations for accelerated frames and a resolution to the "two-spaceship paradox". 22. Dynamics of classical and quantum particles in constant-linear-acceleration frames. 23. Quantization of scalar, spinor, and electromagnetic fields in constant-linear-acceleration frames. 24. Group and Lie algebra properties of accelerated spacetime transformations. 25. Coordinate transformations for frames with a general-linear-acceleration. 26. A Taiji rotational transformation with limiting 4-dimensional symmetry. 27. Epilogue.