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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784791403321

Autore

Adler Stephen L

Titolo

Quaternionic quantum mechanics and quantum fields [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen L. Adler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1995

ISBN

0-19-773256-9

1-280-52535-5

9786610525355

0-19-534506-1

1-4294-0624-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (599 p.)

Collana

International series of monographs on physics ; ; 88

Disciplina

530.1/2

Soggetti

Mathematical physics

Quantum field theory

Quantum theory

Quaternions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 553-562) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I: INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL FORMALISM; 1 Introduction; 2 General Framework of Quaternionic Quantum Mechanics; 3 Further General Results in Quaternionic Quantum Mechanics; II: NONRELATIVISTIC QUATERNIONIC QUANTUM MECHANICS; 4 One-Particle Quantum Mechanics - General Formalism; 5 Stationary State Methods and Phase Methods; 6 Scattering Theory and Bound States; 7 Methods for Time Development; 8 Single-Channel Time-Dependent Formal Scattering Theory; 9 Multiparticle and Multichannel Methods; 10 Further Multiparticle Topics; III: RELATIVISTIC QUATERNIONIC QUANTUM MECHANICS

11 Relativistic Single-Particle Wave Equations: Spin-0 and Spin-1/212 More on Relativistic Wave Equations: The Spin-1 Gauge Potential, Lagrangian Formulations, and the Poincaré Group; 13 Quaternionic Quantum Field Theory; 14 Outlook; Appendix A. Proof of the Jacobi Identity for the Generalized Poisson Bracket; Appendix B. Derivation of Gaussian Integral Formulas; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J;



K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting a conceptualization of quantum mechanics, using quaternions instead of complex numbers, the author gives a systematic treatment of quaternionic quantum mechanics paralleling the standard textbook treatment of complex quantum mechanics.