Non-inertial frames and Dirac observables in relativity

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Author(s): Lusanna, L.
Series: Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2019

Language: English
Pages: 0
Tags: Dirac equation;Wave equation;Quantum field theory;General relativity (Physics)

Preface
Part I. Special Relativity: Minkowski Space-time: 1. Galilei and Minkowski space-times
2. Global non-inertial frames in special relativity
3. Relativistic dynamics and the relativistic center of mass
4. Matter in the rest-frame instant form of dynamics
Part II. General Relativity: Globally Hyperbolic Einstein Space-Times: 5. Hamiltonian gravity in Einstein space-times
6. ADM tetrad gravity and its constraints
7. Post-Minkowskian and post-Newtonian approximations
Part III. Dirac-Bergmann Theory of Constraints: 8. Singular Lagrangians and constraint theory
9. Dirac observables invariant under the Hamiltonian gauge transformations generated by first-class constraints
10. Concluding remarks and open problems
Appendix A. Canonical realizations of lie algebras, Poincare' group, Poincare' orbits and Wigner boosts
Appendix B. Grassmann variables and pseudo-classical Lagrangian
Appendix C. Relativistic perfect fluids and covariant relativistic thermo-dynamics
References
Index.