Spinors in Four-Dimensional Spaces
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Mathematics, Group Theory, Science, Physics, Mathematical Physics
| Author: | Gerardo F. Torres del Castillo | ISBN: | 9780817649845 |
| Publisher: | Birkhäuser Boston | Publication: | July 23, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Birkhäuser | Language: | English |
| Author: | Gerardo F. Torres del Castillo |
| ISBN: | 9780817649845 |
| Publisher: | Birkhäuser Boston |
| Publication: | July 23, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Birkhäuser |
| Language: | English |
Without using the customary Clifford algebras frequently studied in connection with the representations of orthogonal groups, this book gives an elementary introduction to the two-component spinor formalism for four-dimensional spaces with any signature. Some of the useful applications of four-dimensional spinors, such as Yang–Mills theory, are derived in detail using illustrative examples. Spinors in Four-Dimensional Spaces is aimed at graduate students and researchers in mathematical and theoretical physics interested in the applications of the two-component spinor formalism in any four-dimensional vector space or Riemannian manifold with a definite or indefinite metric tensor. This systematic and self-contained book is suitable as a seminar text, a reference book, and a self-study guide.
Without using the customary Clifford algebras frequently studied in connection with the representations of orthogonal groups, this book gives an elementary introduction to the two-component spinor formalism for four-dimensional spaces with any signature. Some of the useful applications of four-dimensional spinors, such as Yang–Mills theory, are derived in detail using illustrative examples. Spinors in Four-Dimensional Spaces is aimed at graduate students and researchers in mathematical and theoretical physics interested in the applications of the two-component spinor formalism in any four-dimensional vector space or Riemannian manifold with a definite or indefinite metric tensor. This systematic and self-contained book is suitable as a seminar text, a reference book, and a self-study guide.
