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Symmetries in Fundamental Physics
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XXVIII, 763 p. 29 illus. online resource. - Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
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| Preface | ||
| Notation | ||
| Introduction | ||
| Symmetry: Argument, Principle, and Leitmotif | ||
| Operations and Invariants | ||
| "Symmetries" in "Fundamental Physics" | ||
| The Scope of Symmetries | ||
| Bibliographical Notes | ||
| Classical Mechanics | ||
| Newtonian and Analytical Mechanics | ||
| Symmetries and Conservation Laws | ||
| Galilei Group | ||
| Electrodynamics and Special Relativity | ||
| Electrodynamics à la Maxwell | ||
| Special Relativity | ||
| Noether Theorems | ||
| Poincaré Transformations | ||
| Generalizations of Poincaré Symmetry | ||
| On the Validity of Special Relativity | ||
| Quantum Mechanics | ||
| Principles of Quantum Mechanics | ||
| Symmetry Transformations in Quantum Mechanics | ||
| Quantum Physics and Group Representation | ||
| Relativistic Field Theory | ||
| Representations of the Poincaré Group | ||
| Symmetry and Quantum Field Theory | ||
| Actions | ||
| Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking | ||
| Discrete Symmetries | ||
| Effective field theories | ||
| Particle Physics | ||
| Particles and Interactions | ||
| Strong Interactions | ||
| Weak and Electromagnetic Interaction | ||
| Paralipomena on the Standard Model | ||
| General Relativity and Gravitation | ||
| Introductory Remarks | ||
| Equivalence Principle | ||
| Riemann-Cartan Geometry | ||
| Physics in Curved Spacetime | ||
| Geometrodynamics | ||
| Modifications and Extensions of/to General Relativity | ||
| Unified Field Theories | ||
| Grand Unified Theories | ||
| Kaluza-Klein Theory | ||
| Supersymmetry | ||
| Further Speculations | ||
| Conclusion | ||
| Symmetries: The Road to Reality | ||
| Are Symmetries a Principle of Nature? | ||
| Physics Beyond Symmetries | ||
| Appendices | ||
| A Group Theory | ||
| B Spinors, Z2-gradings, and Supergeometry | ||
| C Symmetries and Constrained Dynamics | ||
| D Symmetries in Path-Integral and BRST Quantization | ||
| E Differential Geometry | ||
| F Symmetries in Terms of Differential Forms | ||
| Bibliography. |
