TY - BOOK ID - 17966629 TI - Relativity, groups, particles : special relativity and relativistic symmetry in field and particle physics AU - Sexl, Roman Ulrich AU - Urbantke, Helmuth Kurt PY - 2001 SN - 3211834435 3709162343 9783211834435 PB - Wien : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Field theory (Physics). KW - Particles (Nuclear physics). KW - Relativity (Physics). KW - Representations of groups. KW - Elementary particles KW - Theory of relativity. Unified field theory KW - Relativity (Physics) KW - Field theory (Physics) KW - Particles (Nuclear physics) KW - Relativité (Physique) KW - Champs, Théorie des (Physique) KW - Représentations de groupes KW - Particules (Physique nucléaire) KW - Quantum theory. KW - Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory. KW - Classical Electrodynamics. KW - Particle and Nuclear Physics. KW - Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory. KW - Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics. KW - Quantum dynamics KW - Quantum mechanics KW - Quantum physics KW - Physics KW - Mechanics KW - Thermodynamics KW - Gravitation. KW - Optics. KW - Electrodynamics. KW - Nuclear physics. KW - Elementary particles (Physics). KW - Quantum field theory. KW - Mathematical physics. KW - Physical mathematics KW - Relativistic quantum field theory KW - Quantum theory KW - Elementary particles (Physics) KW - High energy physics KW - Nuclear particles KW - Nucleons KW - Nuclear physics KW - Atomic nuclei KW - Atoms, Nuclei of KW - Nucleus of the atom KW - Dynamics KW - Light KW - Matter KW - Antigravity KW - Centrifugal force KW - Mathematics KW - Properties UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17966629 AB - Like many textbooks, the present one is the outgrowth of lecture courses, mainly given at the University of Vienna, Austria; on the occasion of the English edition, it may be mentioned that our first such lecture course was delivered by my late co­ author, Roman U. Sexl, during the fall and winter term 1967-68 in the USA-more precisely, at the University of Georgia (Athens). Since then, Particle Physics has seen spectacular revolutions; but its relativistic symmetry has never been shaken. On the other hand, new technological developments have enabled applications like the GPS (Global Positioning System) that, in a sense, brought Relativity to the domain of everyday use. The purpose of the lecture courses, and thus of the book, is to fill a gap that the authors feel exists between the way Relativity is presented in introductory courses on mechanics and/or electrodynamics on the one hand and the way relativistic symmetry is presented in particle physics and field theory courses on the other. The reason for the gap is a natural one: too many other themes have to be addressed in the introductory courses, and too many applications are impatiently waiting for their presentation in the particle and field theory courses. ER -