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100	1		_aSundermeyer, Kurt. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSymmetries in Fundamental Physics _h[electronic resource] / _cby Kurt Sundermeyer.
264		1	_aDordrecht : _bSpringer Netherlands : _bImprint: Springer, _c2014.
300			_aXXVIII, 763 p. 29 illus. _bonline resource.
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490	1		_aFundamental Theories of Physics ; _v176
505	0		_aPreface -- Notation -- Introduction -- Symmetry: Argument, Principle, and Leitmotif -- Operations and Invariants -- "Symmetries" in "Fundamental Physics" -- The Scope of Symmetries -- Bibliographical Notes -- Classical Mechanics -- Newtonian and Analytical Mechanics -- Symmetries and Conservation Laws -- Galilei Group -- Electrodynamics and Special Relativity -- Electrodynamics à la Maxwell -- Special Relativity -- Noether Theorems -- Poincaré Transformations -- Generalizations of Poincaré Symmetry -- On the Validity of Special Relativity -- Quantum Mechanics -- Principles of Quantum Mechanics -- Symmetry Transformations in Quantum Mechanics -- Quantum Physics and Group Representation -- Relativistic Field Theory -- Representations of the Poincaré Group -- Symmetry and Quantum Field Theory -- Actions -- Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking -- Discrete Symmetries -- Effective field theories -- Particle Physics -- Particles and Interactions -- Strong Interactions -- Weak and Electromagnetic Interaction -- Paralipomena on the Standard Model -- General Relativity and Gravitation -- Introductory Remarks -- Equivalence Principle -- Riemann-Cartan Geometry -- Physics in Curved Spacetime -- Geometrodynamics -- Modifications and Extensions of/to General Relativity -- Unified Field Theories -- Grand Unified Theories -- Kaluza-Klein Theory -- Supersymmetry -- Further Speculations -- Conclusion -- Symmetries: The Road to Reality -- Are Symmetries a Principle of Nature? -- Physics Beyond Symmetries -- Appendices -- A Group Theory -- B Spinors, Z2-gradings, and Supergeometry -- C Symmetries and Constrained Dynamics -- D Symmetries in Path-Integral and BRST Quantization -- E Differential Geometry -- F Symmetries in Terms of Differential Forms -- Bibliography.
520			_aOver the course of the last century it has become clear that both elementary particle physics and relativity theories are based on the notion of symmetries. These symmetries become manifest in that the "laws of nature" are invariant under spacetime transformations and/or gauge transformations. The consequences of these symmetries were analyzed as early as in 1918 by Emmy Noether on the level of action functionals. Her work did not receive due recognition for nearly half a century, but can today be understood as a recurring theme in classical mechanics, electrodynamics and special relativity, Yang-Mills type quantum field theories, and in general relativity. As a matter of fact, as shown in this monograph, many aspects of physics can be derived solely from symmetry considerations. This substantiates the statement of E.P. Wigner "... if we knew all the laws of nature, or the ultimate Law of nature, the invariance properties of these laws would not furnish us new information." Thanks to Wigner we now also understand the implications of quantum physics and symmetry considerations: Poincare invariance dictates both the characteristic properties of particles (mass, spin, ...) and the wave equations of spin 0, 1/2, 1, ... objects. Further, the work of C.N. Yang and R. Mills reveals the consequences of internal symmetries as exemplified in the symmetry group of elementary particle physics.  Given this pivotal role of symmetries it is thus not surprising that current research in fundamental physics is to a great degree motivated and inspired by considerations of symmetry. The treatment of symmetries in this monograph ranges from classical physics to now well-established theories of fundamental interactions, to the latest research on unified theories and quantum gravity.
650		0	_aPhysics.
650		0	_aQuantum theory.
650	1	4	_aPhysics.
650	2	4	_aTheoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.
650	2	4	_aElementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.
650	2	4	_aPhase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.
650	2	4	_aClassical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.
650	2	4	_aMathematical Physics.
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776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9789400776418
830		0	_aFundamental Theories of Physics ; _v176
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