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Classical field theory and the stress-energy tensor
서명 / 저자 Classical field theory and the stress-energy tensor / Mark S. Swanson.
저자명 Swanson, Mark S., author.
단체명 Morgan & Claypool Publishers, publisher. ; Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.
발행사항 San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA): Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2015]
Online Access https://iopscience.iop.org/book/978-1-6817-4121-5 URL

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청구기호 QC173.7 .S833 2015eb
형태사항 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).
총서명 [IOP release 2] IOP concise physics, 2053-2571
언어 English
일반주기 "Version: 20140901"--Title page verso.
"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.
서지주기 Includes bibliographical references.
내용 Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Author biography -- 1. Basic field theory -- Newtonian mechanics and Galilean relativity -- The action principle -- The stretched string as a field theory -- The wave equation -- Energy and momentum in field theories -- Point sources and Green's functions in field theory -- Further reading 2. Newtonian fluid dynamics -- Fluid flow from Newtonian physics -- Basic applications of the Navier-Stokes equation -- Viscosity -- The action formulation of perfect fluids -- Fluctuations around solutions and stability -- Further reading 3. Special relativity, field theory and symmetry -- Special relativity -- Basic effects of special relativity -- Relativistic mechanics -- Relativistic tensor fields and quadratic actions -- Relativistic spinor fields and quadratic actions -- Symmetry in relativistic field theory -- Further reading 4. Classical electrodynamics -- Maxwell's equations -- The gauge field and gauge conditions -- The gauge field action and minimal coupling -- vii -- The stress-energy tensor and electrodynamic force and energy -- Electromagnetic waves and spin -- Green's functions and electromagnetic radiation -- The gauge field as a differential form -- Further reading 5. General relativity and gravitation -- The metric tensor and the principle of equivalence -- The affine connection and the covariant derivative -- The curvature tensor -- Variational techniques in general relativity -- Einstein's equation -- Vacuum solutions to Einstein's equation -- Basic cosmology -- Further reading 6. Yang-Mills fields and connections -- Unitary symmetry and Yang-Mills fields -- The Yang-Mills stress-energy tensor and force equation -- Spontaneous breakdown of symmetry -- Aspects of classical solutions for Yang-Mills fields -- Yang-Mills fields, gravitation, forms and connections -- Yang-Mills fields and confinement -- Further reading -- Appendix. Mathematics for field theory.
주제 Field theory (Physics)
Classical mechanics. --bicssc
SCIENCE / Physics / General. --bisacsh
보유판 및 특별호 저록 Print version: 9781681740577
ISBN 9781681741215, 9781681742496, 9781681740577
기타 표준번호 10.1088/978-1-6817-4121-5
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