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Gauge Field Theories: Spin One and Spin Two: 100 Years After General Relativity

By Gunter Scharf

Book information

Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
2016
ISBN
0486805247, 9780486805245
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
14 MB (14981299 bytes)
Series
Dover Books on Physics
Edition
1st
Pages
320\400
Time added
2017-07-09 00:10:23
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Description

One of the main problems of theoretical physics concerns the unification of gravity with quantum theory. This monograph examines unification by means of the appropriate formulation of quantum gauge invariance. Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of physics, the treatment requires a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics.Opening chapters introduce the free quantum fields and prepare the field for the gauge structure, describing the inductive construction of the time-ordered products by causal perturbation theory. The analysis of causal gauge invariance follows, with considerations of massless and massive spin-1 gauge fields. Succeeding chapters explore the construction of spin-2 gauge theories, concluding with an examination of nongeometric general relativity that offers an innovate approach to gravity and cosmology.

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