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Origin of symmetries /
The development in our understanding of symmetry principles is reviewed. Many symmetries, such as charge conjugation, parity and strangeness, are no longer considered as fundamental but as natural consequences of a gauge field theory of strong and electromagnetic interactions. Other symmetries arise...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore ; River Edge, NJ :
World Scientific,
©1991.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- PREFACE; CONTENTS; ORIGIN of SYMMETRIES; Chapter I INTRODUCTION; References; Chapter II SYMMETRIES FROM NON-RELATIVISTIC PHYSICS; References; Chapter III SYMMETRIES FROM THE STANDARD MODEL; 3.1. The Standard Model; 3.2. Symmetries of the Strong and Electromagnetic Interactions; References; Chapter IV BEYOND THE STANDARD MODEL; 4.1. Grand Unification; 4.2. Hidden Local Symmetry and Dynamical Gauge Bosons in Non-Linear Sigma Models; 4.3. Hidden Symmetries in N = 8 Supergravity; 4.4. Kaluza-Klein Theories; 4.5. Anomaly Cancellation; 4.6. Strings.
- 4.6.1. The Heterotic String and Kac-Moody Algebras4.6.2. Gauge Symmetry from Strings; References; Chapter V THE CPT THEOREM; References; Chapter VI THE FUNDAMENTAL SYMMETRIES; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Poincare Invariance; 6.2.1. Formal appearance of Poincare invariance; 6.2.2. Lorentz invariance from the renormalisation group; 6.2.3. Translational invariance from dimensional analysis; 6.2.4. Lorentz invariance from string theory; 6.3. Local Gauge Invariance; 6.3.1. Formal appearance of gauge symmetry; 6.3.2. Gauge symmetry from the renormalisation group; 6.4. Supersymmetry; References.
- Chapter VII CONCLUSION7.1. Conclusion on the Origin of Symmetries; 7.2. Random Dynamics; 7.2.1. Baby universe theory suggesting random dynamics; 7.2.2. The first steps in random dynamics; A. Quantum Mechanics; B. 3 + 1 Dimensions of Space-Time; C. Locality; 7.2.3. Field theory glass and gauge glass; 7.2.4. Numerical predictions from random dynamics; 7.3. Classification of Symmetry Derivations; References; REPRINTED PAPERS; THE ROLE AND VALUE OF THE SYMMETRY PRINCIPLES AND EINSTEIN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THEIR RECOGNITION; A Few Words About Einstein; Three Basic Concepts of Present-day Physics.
- Extensions of the Area of PhysicsCircumstances in Our World Which Made the Development of Physics Possible; What Areas Remain Unexplored? Which Should Be Explored?; Einstein and the Role of Symmetry in Modern Physics; I; II; Ill; IV; References; Conceptual foundations of the unified theory of weak and electromagnetic interactions; Zur Theorie des Wasserstoffatoms; On the Problem of Degeneracy in Quantum Mechanics; INTRODUCTION; CONTINUOUS GROUPS OF CONTACT-TRANSFORMATIONS IN CLASSICAL MECHANICS; CONTINUOUS GROUPS OF CONTACT-TRANSFORMATIONS IN QUANTUM MECHANICS; EXAMPLES.
- A. The hydrogenic atom (3-dimensional)B. The Kepler problem in two dimensions; C. The 2-dimensional isotropic harmonic oscillator; D. The n-dimensional isotropic oscillator; E. The 2-dimensional anisotropic oscillator; On the Consequences of the Symmetry of the Nuclear Hamiltonian on the Spectroscopy of Nuclei; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; SPIN AND UNITARY SPIN INDEPENDENCE OF STRONG INTERACTIONS; Non-Abelian Gauge Theories of the Strong Interactions; Constraints imposed by CP conservation in the presence of pseudoparticles; I. INTRODUCTION; II. SINGLE-FLAVOR MODEL.