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
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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 |
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