Buch, Englisch, 436 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 822 g
Buch, Englisch, 436 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 822 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-851742-9
Verlag: OUP Oxford
This book is a useful and accessible introduction to symmetry principles in particle physics. New ideas are explained in a way that throws considerable light on difficult concepts, such as Lie groups and their representations. This book begins with introdutions both to the types of symmetries known in physics and to group theory and representation theory. Successive chapters deal with the symmetric groups and their Young diagrams, braid groups, Lie groups and algebras, Cartan's classification of semi-simple groups, and the Lie groups most used in physics are treated in detail. Gauge groups are discussed, and applications to elementary particle physics and multiquark systems introduced throughout the book where appropriate. Many worked examples are also included. There is a growing interestinthe quatk structure of hadrons and in theories of particle interactions based on the principle of gauge symmetries. In this book the concepts of group theory are clearly explained and their applications to subnuclear physics brought up-to-date.
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Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Radioaktivität
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Computeranwendungen in der Mathematik
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Algebra Algebraische Strukturen, Gruppentheorie
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Hochenergiephysik
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Kernphysik
Weitere Infos & Material
- 1.: Symmetries in quantum mechanics
- 2.: Elements of group theory
- 3.: Linear representations of a group
- 4.: Permutation group Sn
- 5.: Lie groups
- 6.: The orthogonal group
- 7.: The Poincaré group and the Lorenz group
- 8.: Unitary groups
- 9.: Gauge groups
- 10.: Multiquark systems
- Appendix A: Conservation Laws
- Appendix B: The rearrangement theorem, Schur's lemmas and the orthogonality theorem
- Appendix C: Invariant Integration
- Appendix D: Dimension of an SU(n) irrep
