Relativity, Groups, Particles Special Relativity and Relativistic Sy
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
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With his Theory of Relativity, Albert Einstein in 1905 put an end to all mechanical ether interpretations of electromagnetic phenomena, such as the ether model shown above. In it, the magnetic field was imagined as a system of molecular vortices rotating around the field lines, with 'ball bearings' between vortices consisting of charge particles. The velocity of rotation is to be proportional to the field strength, and when neighboring vortices rotate with differing velocities, the charge particles get displaced. This model was the basis for the derivation of the Maxwell equations. "1 never satisfy myself unless I can make a mechanical model of a thing ... that is whv 1 cannot get the electromagnetic theory ... " (Lord Kelvin, 1884).
Roman U. Sexl Helmuth K. Urbantke Relativity, Groups, Particles Special Relativity and Relativistic Symmetry in Field and Particle Physics Revised and translated from the German by H. K. Urbantke
Springer-Verlag Wien GmbH
Dr. Roman U. Sexl t Dr. Helmuth K. Urhantke Institut fUr Theoretische Physik Universitat Wien, Vienna, Austria
This edition succeeds the third, revised Gennan-Ianguage edition, Relativitiit, Gruppen, Teilchen,
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sexl, Roman Ulrich. [Relativitat, Gruppen, Teilchen. English] Relativity, groups, particles: special relativity and relativistic symmetry in field and particle physics / Roman U. Sexl, Helmuth K. Urbantke; revised and translated from the German by Helmuth K. Urbantke. - Rev. ed. p. cm. This edition succeeds the third, revised German-language edition, Relativitat, Gruppen, Teilchen, cl992 Springer-Verlag Wien -T.p.verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-3-211-83443-5 (alk. paper) 1. Relativity (Physics) 2. Field theory (Physics) 3. Representations of groups. 4. Particles (Nuclear physics) I. Urbantke, Helmuth Kurt. II. Title. QCI73.65.S48132000 530.11 - dc21
ISBN 978-3-211-83443-5 ISBN 978-3-7091-6234-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-7091-6234-7
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Preface and Introduction 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 coauthor, 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 o
