Synopses & Reviews
This text provides a framework for describing and organizing the basic forces of nature and the interactions of subatomic particles. A detailed and self-contained mathematical account of gauge theory, it is geared toward beginning graduate students and advanced undergraduates in mathematics and physics. This well-organized treatment supplements its rigor with intuitive ideas.
Starting with an examination of principal fiber bundles and connections, the text explores curvature; particle fields, Lagrangians, and gauge invariance; Lagrange's equation for particle fields; and the inhomogeneous field equation. Additional topics include free Dirac electron fields; interactions; calculus on frame bundle; and unification of gauge fields and gravitation. The text concludes with references, a selected bibliography, an index of notation, and a general index.
Synopsis
Detailed and self-contained, this volume provides a framework for describing and organizing the basic forces of nature and the interactions of subatomic particles. Appropriate for graduate students or advanced undergraduates, it supplements rigor with intuitive ideas.
Synopsis
Detailed and self-contained, this text supplements its rigor with intuitive ideas and is geared toward beginning graduate students and advanced undergraduates. Topics include principal fiber bundles and connections; curvature; particle fields, Lagrangians, and gauge invariance; inhomogeneous field equations; free Dirac electron fields; calculus on frame bundle; and unification of gauge fields and gravitation. 1981 edition
Table of Contents
0. Preliminaries
1. Principal Fiber Bundles and Connections
2. Curvature and G-Valued Differential Forms
3. Particle Fields, Lagrangians, Gauge Invariance
4. Lagranges Equation for Particle Fields
5. The Inhomogeneous Field Equation
6. Free Dirac Electron Fields
7. Interactions
8. Calculus on Frame Bundle
9. Unification of Gauge Fields and Gravitation
10. Additional Topics
References
Selected Bibliography
Index of Notation
Index