| Complex General Relativity (Fundamental Theories of Physics)
(1899)
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| Book Details |
| Author |
| G. Esposito |
| Giampiero Esposito |
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| Subject |
General relativity (Physics) |
| Publication Date |
12/31/1899 |
| Format |
Hardcover
(250
mm)
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| Publisher |
Springer |
| Language |
eng |
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| Plot |
| This volume introduces the application of two-component spinor calculus and fibre-bundle theory to complex general relativity. A review of basic and important topics is presented, such as two-component spinor calculus, conformal gravity, twistor spaces for Minkowski space-time and for curved space-time, Penrose transform for gravitation, the global theory of the Dirac operator in Riemannian four-manifolds, various definitions of twistors in curved space-time and the recent attempt by Penrose to define twistors as spin-3/2 charges in Ricci-flat space-time. Original results include some geometrical properties of complex space-times with nonvanishing torsion, the Dirac operator with locally supersymmetric boundary conditions, the application of spin-lowering and spin-raising operators to elliptic boundary value problems, and the Dirac and Rarita--Schwinger forms of spin-3/2 potentials applied in real Riemannian four-manifolds with boundary. This book is written for students and research workers interested in classical gravity, quantum gravity and geometrical methods in field theory. It can also be recommended as a supplementary graduate textbook. |
| Personal Details |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Index |
96 |
| Read It |
Yes |
| Links |
Amazon US
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
QC173.6.E8 1995 |
| Dewey |
530.1/1 |
| ISBN |
0792333403 |
| Series |
Fundamental theories of physics ; |
| Cover Price |
$146.00 |
| Nr of Pages |
214 |
| First Edition |
No |
| Rare |
No |
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