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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954185103321

Autore

Rivas Martin <1944->

Titolo

Kinematical theory of spinning particles : classical and quantum mechanical formalism of elementary particles / / by Martin Rivas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht ; ; Boston, : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2001

ISBN

1-280-20688-8

9786610206889

0-306-47133-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2002.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Collana

Fundamental theories of physics ; ; v. 116

Disciplina

539.7/25

Soggetti

Nuclear spin

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

General Formalism -- Nonrelativistic Elementary Particles -- Relativistic Elementary Particles -- Quantization of Lagrangian Systems -- Other Spinning Particle Models -- Spin Features and Related Effects.

Sommario/riassunto

Classical spin is described in terms of velocities and acceleration so that knowledge of advanced mathematics is not required. Written in the three-dimensional notation of vector calculus, it can be followed by undergraduate physics students, although some notions of Lagrangian dynamics and group theory are required. It is intended as a general course at a postgraduate level for all-purpose physicists. This book presents a unified approach to classical and quantum mechanics of spinning particles, with symmetry principles as the starting point. A classical concept of an elementary particle is presented. The variational statements to deal with spinning particles are revisited. It is shown that, by explicitly constructing different models, symmetry principles are sufficient for the description of either classical or quantum-mechanical elementary particles. Several spin effects are analyzed.