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On the role of division, Jordan and related algebras in particle physics

By Feza Gursey , Chia-Hsiung Tze

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific
Year
1996
ISBN
9810228635, 9789810228637
LCC
QC776 .G87 1996
Open Library ID
OL989178M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3759595 bytes)
Pages
475\475
DPI
300
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

This monograph surveys the role of some associative algebras, noted by their appearance in contemporary theoretical physics, particularly in particle physics. It concerns the interplay between division algebras, specifically quaternions and octonions, between Jordan and related algebras on the one hand, and unified theories of the basic interactions on the other. Selected applications of these algebraic structures are discussed: quaternion analyticity of Yang-Mills instantions, octonionic aspects of exceptional broken gauge, supergravity theories, division algebras in anyonic phenomena and in theories of extended objects in critical dimensions.

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