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Boos, Jens |
Effects of Non-locality in Gravity and Quantum Theory |
I11881 |
2021 |
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Dall'Agata, Gianguido |
Supergravity |
I11876 |
2021 |
eBook |
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Finn, Kieran |
Geometric Approaches to Quantum Field Theory |
I11853 |
2021 |
eBook |
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Arzano, Michele |
Deformations of Spacetime Symmetries |
I11831 |
2021 |
eBook |
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Stanev, Todor |
High Energy Cosmic Rays |
I11818 |
2021 |
eBook |
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Lambiase, Gaetano |
The Interaction of Spin with Gravity in Particle Physics |
I11788 |
2021 |
eBook |
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Kitchin, C. R |
Understanding Gravitational Waves |
I11780 |
2021 |
eBook |
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Chapman, Sandra |
Core Electrodynamics |
I11718 |
2021 |
eBook |
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Adler, Ronald J |
General Relativity and Cosmology |
I11712 |
2021 |
eBook |
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Clark, Jane |
Calculate the Orbit of Mars! |
I11684 |
2021 |
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| Title | Effects of Non-locality in Gravity and Quantum Theory |
| Author(s) | Boos, Jens |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XIX, 210 p. 37 illus., 33 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This thesis is devoted to the systematic study of non-local theories that respect Lorentz invariance and are devoid of new, unphysical degrees of freedom. Such theories are attractive for phenomenological applications since they are mostly unconstrained by current experiments. Non-locality has played an increasingly important role in the physics of the last decades, appearing in effective actions in quantum field theory, and arising naturally in string theory and non-commutative geometry. It may even be a necessary ingredient for quantum theories of gravity. It is a feature of quantum entanglement, and may even solve the long-standing black hole information loss problem. ???Non-locality??? is a broad concept with many promising and fruitful applications in theoretical and mathematical physics. After a historical and pedagogical introduction into the concept of non-locality the author develops the notion of non-local Green functions to study various non-local weak-field problems in quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, gravity, and quantum field theory in curved spacetime. This thesis fills a gap in the literature by providing a self-contained exploration of weak-field effects in non-local theories, thereby establishing a ???non-local intuition??? which may serve as a stepping stone for studies of the full, non-linear problem of non-locality |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030829100 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravity
2. DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Fundamental concepts and interpretations of QM
6. GRAVITATION
7. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
8. QUANTUM PHYSICS
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| Title | Supergravity : From First Principles to Modern Applications |
| Author(s) | Dall'Agata, Gianguido;Zagermann, Marco |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2021. |
| Description | XIV, 294 p. 10 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book is about supergravity, which combines the principles of general relativity and local gauge invariance with the idea of supersymmetries between bosonic and fermionic degrees of freedom. The authors give a thorough and pedagogical introduction to the subject suitable for beginning graduate or advanced undergraduate students in theoretical high energy physics or mathematical physics. Interested researchers working in these or related areas are also addressed. The level of the presentation assumes a working knowledge of general relativity and basic notions of differential geometry as well as some familiarity with global supersymmetry in relativistic field theories. Bypassing curved superspace and other more technical approaches, the book starts from the simple idea of supersymmetry as a local gauge symmetry and derives the mathematical and physical properties of supergravity in a direct and ???minimalistic??? way, using a combination of explicit computations and geometrical reasoning. Key topics include spinors in curved spacetime, pure supergravity with and without a cosmological constant, matter couplings in global and local supersymmetry, phenomenological and cosmological implications, extended supergravity, gauged supergravity and supergravity in higher spacetime dimensions |
| ISBN,Price | 9783662639801 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Applications of Mathematics
2. Classical and Quantum Gravity
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Elementary particles (Physics)
6. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
7. GRAVITATION
8. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
9. MATHEMATICS
10. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
11. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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| Title | Geometric Approaches to Quantum Field Theory |
| Author(s) | Finn, Kieran |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XIX, 202 p. 7 illus., 6 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The ancient Greeks believed that everything in the Universe should be describable in terms of geometry. This thesis takes several steps towards realising this goal by introducing geometric descriptions of systems such as quantum gravity, fermionic particles and the origins of the Universe itself. The author extends the applicability of previous work by Vilkovisky, DeWitt and others to include theories with spin ?? and spin 2 degrees of freedom. In addition, he introduces a geometric description of the potential term in a quantum field theory through a process known as the Eisenhart lift. Finally, the methods are applied to the theory of inflation, where they show how geometry can help answer a long-standing question about the initial conditions of the Universe. This publication is aimed at graduate and advanced undergraduate students and provides a pedagogical introduction to the exciting topic of field space covariance and the complete geometrization of quantum field theory |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030852696 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravity
2. COSMOLOGY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Elementary particles (Physics)
6. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
7. GEOMETRY
8. GRAVITATION
9. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
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| Title | Deformations of Spacetime Symmetries : Gravity, Group-Valued Momenta, and Non-Commutative Fields |
| Author(s) | Arzano, Michele;Kowalski-Glikman, Jerzy |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2021. |
| Description | XIII, 192 p. 10 illus., 8 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This monograph provides an introduction to deformations of Poincar?? symmetries focusing on models with a Lie group momentum space and associated non-commutative space-times. The emphasis is put on the emergence of such structures from quantum gravity, their mathematical features described in terms of Hopf algebras and applications to particle kinematics and field theory. Part I of this work focuses on the link between gravity and deformed symmetries in the case of 2+1 and 3+1 space-time dimensions. Part II is devoted to the description of classical particles with group valued momenta, their phase spaces and kinematics. The last part of these notes provides an introduction to the basic features of classical and quantum field theory on ??-Minkowski space-time, the prototypical example of non-commutative space-time exhibiting deformed Poincar?? symmetry. The text, being the first providing a detailed overview of these topics, is primarily intended for researchers and graduate students interested in non-commutative field theories and quantum gravity phenomenology |
| ISBN,Price | 9783662630976 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravity
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Elementary particles (Physics)
5. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
6. GRAVITATION
7. Mathematical Methods in Physics
8. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
9. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
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| Title | High Energy Cosmic Rays |
| Author(s) | Stanev, Todor |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XVI, 342 p. 162 illus., 20 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book on high-energy cosmic rays deals in its first part with the standard model of cosmic rays, describing how they are born in a wide range of cosmic processes, how they are accelerated and how they interact with matter, magnetic fields and radiation during their journey across the Galaxy. In its second part the book presents contemporary challenges in very high energy cosmic rays, with focus on their detection in the Earth???s atmosphere and underground, as well as new developments in gamma-ray and neutrino astronomy. A decade after the publication of the second edition of this book, there are many new experimental results in the fields of high energy neutrino astronomy and in the whole energy range of detection of gamma-rays. There have also been many attempts for studies for multi-messenger events in these and all other fields. These new experimental efforts and their results are covered in this third edition. This is accompanied by a general analysis of these new results and the additional knowledge that they bring to our understanding of cosmic rays and their propagation in our Galaxy and extragalactic space. A large part of the interpretation of these new findings is related to the development of the hadronic interaction models that we use to understand and describe the experimental results. The author describes the relation between the new high energy physics experiments and such models. In addition to the discussion of new research, descriptions and graphs of the previous edition have been updated where appropriate. The third edition ends with a discussion of some possible and already planned experiments for future observations and an explanation of their importance for the better understanding of all processes that lead to the increase of our knowledge of high energy cosmic rays. Students and lecturers of advanced undergraduate courses on cosmic rays and astroparticle physics as well as post-graduates and researchers will continue to find this book a valuable source of learning and reference |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030715670 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. Classical and Quantum Gravity
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Elementary particles (Physics)
8. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
9. GRAVITATION
10. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
11. SOLAR SYSTEM
12. SPACE PHYSICS
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| Title | The Interaction of Spin with Gravity in Particle Physics : Low Energy Quantum Gravity |
| Author(s) | Lambiase, Gaetano;Papini, Giorgio |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XV, 190 p. 12 illus., 7 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book seeks to present a new way of thinking about the interaction of gravitational fields with quantum systems. Despite the massive amounts of research and experimentation, the myriad meetings, seminars and conferences, all of the articles, treatises and books, and the seemingly endless theorization, quantization and just plain speculation that have been engaged in regarding our evolving understanding of the quantum world, that world remains an enigma, even to the experts. The usefulness of general relativity in this regard has proven to be imperfect at best, but there is a new approach. We do not simply have to accept the limitations of Einstein's most celebrated theorem in regard to quantum theory; we can also embrace them, and thereby utilize them, to reveal new facts about the behavior of quantum systems within inertial and gravitational fields, and therefore about the very structure of space???time at the quantum level. By taking existing knowledge of the essential functionality of spin (along with the careful identification of the omnipresent inertial effects) and applying it to the quantum world, the book gives the reader a much clearer picture of the difference between the classical and quantum behaviors of a particle, shows that Einstein's ideas may not be as incompatible within this realm as many have come to believe, sparks new revelations of the way in which gravity affects quantum systems and brings a new level of efficiency???quantum efficiency, if you will???to the study of gravitational theory |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030847715 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROPHYSICS
2. Classical and Quantum Gravity
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. GENERAL RELATIVITY
6. GENERAL RELATIVITY (PHYSICS)
7. GRAVITATION
8. PARTICLE PHYSICS
9. PARTICLES (NUCLEAR PHYSICS)
10. QUANTUM PHYSICS
11. SPECIAL RELATIVITY
12. Special relativity (Physics)
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| Title | Understanding Gravitational Waves |
| Author(s) | Kitchin, C. R |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XIV, 413 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The birth of a completely new branch of observational astronomy is a rare and exciting occurrence. For a long time, our theories about gravitational waves???proposed by Albert Einstein and others more than a hundred years ago???could never be fully proven, since we lacked the proper technology to do it. That all changed when, on September 14, 2015, instruments at the LIGO Observatory detected gravitational waves for the first time. This book explores the nature of gravitational waves???what they are, where they come from, why they are so significant and why nobody could prove they existed before now. Written in plain language and interspersed with additional explanatory tutorials, it will appeal to lay readers, science enthusiasts, physical science students, amateur astronomers and to professional scientists and astronomers |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030742072 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Classical and Quantum Gravity
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. GRAVITATION
6. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
7. Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy
8. PHYSICS
9. PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
10. Physics???Philosophy
11. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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| Title | Core Electrodynamics |
| Author(s) | Chapman, Sandra |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XII, 134 p. 35 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book is intended to engage the students in the elegance of electrodynamics and special relativity, whilst giving them the tools to begin graduate study. Here, from the basis of experiment, the authors first derive the Maxwell equations and special relativity. Introducing the mathematical framework of generalized tensors, the laws of mechanics, Lorentz force and the Maxwell equations are then cast in manifestly covariant form. This provides the basis for graduate study in field theory, high energy astrophysics, general relativity and quantum electrodynamics. As the title suggests, this book is ???electrodynamics lite???. The journey through electrodynamics is kept as brief as possible, with minimal diversion into details, so that the elegance of the theory can be appreciated in a holistic way. It is written in an informal style and has few prerequisites; the derivation of the Maxwell equations and their consequences is dealt with in the first chapter. Chapter 2 is devoted to conservation equations in tensor formulation; here, Cartesian tensors are introduced. Special relativity and its consequences for electrodynamics are introduced in Chapter 3 and cast in four-vector form, and here, the authors introduce generalized tensors. Finally, in Chapter 4, Lorentz frame invariant electrodynamics is developed. Supplementary material and examples are provided by the two sets of problems. The first is revision of undergraduate electromagnetism, to expand on the material in the first chapter. The second is more advanced corresponding to the remaining chapters, and its purpose is twofold: to expand on points that are important, but not essential, to derivation of manifestly covariant electrodynamics, and to provide examples of manipulation of cartesian and generalized tensors. As these problems introduce material not covered in the text, they are accompanied by full worked solutions. The philosophy here is to facilitate learning by problem solving, as well as by studying the text. Extensive appendices for vector relations, unit conversion and so forth are given with graduate study in mind. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030668181 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravity
2. CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. ELECTRODYNAMICS
6. GRAVITATION
7. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
8. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
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| Title | General Relativity and Cosmology : A First Encounter |
| Author(s) | Adler, Ronald J |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XIV, 313 p. 88 illus., 7 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Gravitational physics has now become a mainstream topic in physics and physics teaching. In particular cosmology and gravitational wave physics are at the focus of a great deal of current research. Thus it is important to introduce students to General Relativity as soon as reasonable. This textbook offers a brief but comprehensive treatment accessible to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and any physicist or mathematician interested in understanding the material in a short time. The author, an experienced teacher of the subject, has included numerous examples and exercises to help students consolidate the ideas they have learned |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030615741 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravity
2. COSMOLOGY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. GRAVITATION
6. Mathematical Methods in Physics
7. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
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| Title | Calculate the Orbit of Mars! : An Observing Challenge and Historical Adventure |
| Author(s) | Clark, Jane |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XIII, 316 p. 153 illus., 93 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book shows readers how to calculate the orbit of Mars, based on their own observations and using observations made by the author. The historical, observational, and analytical aspects of the project to measure the orbit of Mars are all combined in this one book! Determining the orbit of Mars is particularly important, as originally solving this problem required the founding of modern science. Clark discusses how people came to believe in the Newtonian model of the Solar System, works through the mathematical basis for the theory of gravity, and shows how Newton ruled out the possibility of alternative theories. Readers also learn how it became possible to accurately measure the positions of Mars from a moving, spinning platform???the Earth. This mid-level observational challenge is well within reach of most serious amateur astronomers. For the observations, only a telescope with auto-guiding capability and the ability to mount a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera is required. For the calculations, it is assumed that the reader has a science, engineering, or mathematics background and is familiar with calculus, vectors, and trigonometry |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030782672 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences
3. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
4. Astronomy???Observations
5. Classical and Quantum Gravity
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. GRAVITATION
9. MEASUREMENT
10. Measurement Science and Instrumentation
11. MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
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