Relativistic Many-Body Theory and Statistical Mechanics

ISBN-13: 9781681749457 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 140 str.

Lawrence P. Horwitz; Rafael I. Arshansky

Opis

In 1941, E.C.G. Stueckelberg established the foundations of a theory that could covariantly describe the classical and quantum relativistic mechanics of a single particle. Horwitz and Piron extended the applicability of this theory in 1973 to the many-body problem. This book explains this development and provides examples of its applications.

Spis treści

• Introduction
• Many-body relativistic mechanics and gauge theory
• Quantum mechanical two-body problem and consequences for many-body systems
• Scattering theory
• Classical relativistic statistical mechanics
• Quantum relativistic statistical mechanics, spin statistics and quantum field theory
• Discussion and outlook