Quaternionic quantum mechanics and quantum fields [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen L. Adler
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| Autore: |
Adler Stephen L
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| Titolo: |
Quaternionic quantum mechanics and quantum fields [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen L. Adler
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, c1995 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (599 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 530.1/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Mathematical physics |
| Quantum field theory | |
| Quantum theory | |
| Quaternions | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Quaternionic quantum mechanics and quantum fields |
| ISBN: | 0-19-773256-9 |
| 1-280-52535-5 | |
| 9786610525355 | |
| 0-19-534506-1 | |
| 1-4294-0624-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784791403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
International series of monographs on physics (Oxford, England) ; ; 88.