Twistor Geometry and Field Theory
Seiten
1991
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-42268-0 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-42268-0 (ISBN)
This study deals with the twistor treatment of linear and non-linear partial differential equations. The authors develop the mathematical background, go on to discuss Yang Mills fields and gravitational fields in classical language and finish by solving a number of field-theoretic problems.
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.
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.
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.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.7.1991 |
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Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics |
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 150 x 228 mm |
Gewicht | 770 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie |
ISBN-10 | 0-521-42268-X / 052142268X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-42268-0 / 9780521422680 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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