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Record Nr.

UNINA9910739488003321

Autore

Collas Peter

Titolo

The Dirac Equation in Curved Spacetime : A Guide for Calculations / / by Peter Collas, David Klein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-14825-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (111 pages)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Physics, , 2191-5423

Disciplina

530.12

Soggetti

Quantum theory

Gravitation

Physics

Quantum Physics

Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The Dirac equation in special relativity -- The spinorial covariant derivative -- Examples in (3+1) GR -- The Dirac equation in (1+1) GR -- The Dirac equation in (2+1) GR -- Scalar product -- Appendices.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explains and develops the Dirac equation in the context of general relativistic quantum mechanics in a range of spacetime dimensions. It clarifies the subject by carefully pointing out the various conventions used and explaining how they are related to each other. The prerequisites are familiarity with general relativity and an exposure to the Dirac equation at the level of special relativistic quantum mechanics, but a review of this latter topic is given in the first chapter as a reference and framework for the physical interpretations that follow. Worked examples and exercises with solutions are provided. Appendices include reviews of topics used in the body of the text. This book should benefit researchers and graduate students in general relativity and in condensed matter.