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020 _a9781108691239 (ebook)
020 _z9781108480826 (hardback)
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050 0 0 _aQC174.45
_b.L87 2019
082 0 0 _a530.12
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100 1 _aLusanna, L.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aNon-inertial frames and Dirac observables in relativity /
_cLuca Lusanna.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2019.
300 _a1 online resource (xvi, 322 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Jun 2019).
520 _aInterpreting general relativity relies on a proper description of non-inertial frames and Dirac observables. This book describes global non-inertial frames in special and general relativity. The first part covers special relativity and Minkowski space time, before covering general relativity, globally hyperbolic Einstein space-time, and the application of the 3+1 splitting method to general relativity. The author uses a Hamiltonian description and the Dirac-Bergmann theory of constraints to show that the transition between one non-inertial frame and another is a gauge transformation, extra variables describing the frame are gauge variables, and the measureable matter quantities are gauge invariant Dirac observables. Point particles, fluids and fields are also discussed, including how to treat the problems of relative times in the description of relativistic bound states, and the problem of relativistic centre of mass. Providing a detailed description of mathematical methods, the book is perfect for theoretical physicists, researchers and students working in special and general relativity.
650 0 _aDirac equation.
650 0 _aWave equation.
650 0 _aQuantum field theory.
650 0 _aGeneral relativity (Physics)
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108480826
830 0 _aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781108691239
999 _c514386
_d514384