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Theory of spinors: An introduction

By Carmeli M. , Malin S.

Book information

Publisher
WS
Year
2000
ISBN
9810242611, 9789810242619
Open Library ID
OL9195155M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1992757 bytes)
Pages
228\228
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Time added
2011-07-22 07:35:22

Description

Spinors are used extensively in physics. It is widely accepted that they are more fundamental than tensors, and the easy way to see this is through the results obtained in general relativity theory by using spinors - results that could not have been obtained by using tensor methods only. The foundation of the concept of spinors is groups; spinors appear as representations of groups. This textbook expounds the relationship between spinors and representations of groups. As is well known, spinors and representations are both widely used in the theory of elementary particles. The authors present the origin of spinors from representation theory, but nevertheless apply the theory of spinors to general relativity theory, and part of the book is devoted to curved space-time applications. The book is based on lectures given at Ben Gurion University.

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