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World Scientific Series in Contemporary Chemical Physics - Vol. 22

ENERGY AND GEOMETRY
An Introduction to Deformed Special Relativity

by Fabio Cardone (National Research Council, CNR, Roma, Italy) & Roberto Mignani (Università di Roma "Roma Tre", Italy)

This book discusses in detail the mathematical aspects and physical applications of a new geometrical structure of space–time. It is based on a generalization ("deformation") of the usual Minkowski space, supposedly endowed with a metric whose coefficients depend on the energy.

Energy and Geometry: Geometrical Description of Interactions is suitable for researchers, academics and students in mathematical and theoretical physics.

This book has been selected for coverage in:
• CC / Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
• Index to Scientific Book Contents® (ISBC)


Contents:

  • Generalizing Special Relativity:
  • An Axiomatic View to Special Relativity
  • Deformed Minkowski Space–Time
  • Description of Interactions by Energy-Dependent Metrics
  • Relativity in a Deformed Space–Time:
  • Generalized Principle of Relativity and Lorentz Transformations
  • Relativistic Kinematics in a Deformed Minkowski Space
  • Wave Propagation in a Deformed Space–Time
  • Metric Description of Fundamental Interactions:
  • Nonlocal Effects in Electromagnetic Interaction
  • Energy-Dependent Metric for Gravitation
  • Weak Interaction
  • Strong Interaction
  • Metrics of Interactions
  • Breakdown of Local Lorentz Invariance:
  • Experimental Tests of Local Lorentz Invariance
  • A New Electromagnetic Test of LLI
  • The Gravitational Mass of Electron from Geometry
  • Toward the Fifth Dimension


Readership: Researchers, academics and students in mathematical and theoretical physics.

160pp Pub. date: Aug 2004
ISBN 978-981-238-728-8
981-238-728-5
US$54 / £33


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