Twistor Geometry and Field Theory - Brossura

Ward, R. S.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 052142268X ISBN 13: 9780521422680

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

This book deals with the twistor treatment of certain linear and non-linear partial differential equations. The description in terms of twistors involves algebraic and differential geometry, algebraic topology and results in a new perspective on the properties of space and time. The authors firstly develop the mathematical background, then go on to discuss Yang-Mills fields and gravitational fields in classical language, and in the final part a number of field-theoretic problems are solved. Issued here for the first time in paperback, this self-contained volume should be of use to graduate mathematicians and physicists and research workers in theoretical physics, relativity, and cosmology.

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Recensione:

"... skillfully written. It will serve as a relatively accessible introduction to twistor theory for many readers who have not studied the subject before. Others will find it useful as a refresher and as a source of many valuable insights." Nature

Contenuti:

Part I. Geometry: 1. Klein correspondence; 2. Fibre bundles; 3. Differential geometry; 4. Integral geometry; Part II. Field Theory: 5. Linear field theory; 6. Gauge theory; 7. General relativity; Part III. The Penrose Transform: 8. Massless free fields; 9. Self-dual gauge fields; 10. Self-dual space-times; 11. General gauge fields; 12. Stationary axisymmetric space-times; Special topics.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 052142268X
• ISBN 13: 9780521422680
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 532