Spinors and Space-Time - Volume 2

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-521-34786-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 823 g

Reihe: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics

In the two volumes that comprise this work Roger Penrose and Wolfgang Rindler introduce the calculus of 2-spinors and the theory of twistors, and discuss in detail how these powerful and elegant methods may be used to elucidate the structure and properties of space-time. In volume 1, Two-spinor calculus and relativistic fields, the calculus of 2-spinors is introduced and developed. Volume 2, Spinor and twistor methods in space-time geometry, introduces the theory of twistors, and studies in detail how the theory of twistors and 2-spinors can be applied to the study of space-time. This work will be of great value to all those studying relativity, differential geometry, particle physics and quantum field theory from beginning graduate students to experts in these fields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Penrose, Roger

Rindler, Wolfgang

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Relativität, Gravitation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Summary of volume 1; 6. Twistors; 7. Null congruences; 8. Classification of curvature tensors; 9. Conformal infinity; Appendix; References; Subject and author index; Index of symbols.