Dirac Operators and Spectral Geometry

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-521-64862-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 223 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

Reihe: Cambridge Lecture Notes in Physics

The Dirac operator has many useful applications in theoretical physics and mathematics. This book provides a clear, concise and self-contained introduction to the global theory of the Dirac operator and to the analysis of spectral asymptotics with local or non-local boundary conditions. The theory is introduced at a level suitable for graduate students. Numerous examples are then given to illustrate the peculiar properties of the Dirac operator, and the role of boundary conditions in heat-kernel asymptotics and quantum field theory. Topics covered include the introduction of spin-structures in Riemannian and Lorentzian manifolds; applications of index theory; heat-kernel asymptotics for operators of Laplace type; quark boundary conditions; one-loop quantum cosmology; conformally covariant operators; and the role of the Dirac operator in some recent investigations of four-manifolds. This volume provides graduate students with a rigorous introduction and researchers with a valuable reference to the Dirac operator and its applications in theoretical physics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Esposito, Giampiero

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematische Analysis Funktionalanalysis
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematische Analysis Harmonische Analysis, Fourier-Mathematik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Experimentalphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Dirac operator; 2. Differential operators on manifolds; 3. Index problems; 4. Spectral asymmetry; 5. Spectral geometry with operators of Laplace type; 6. New frontiers; Appendices.