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Special Relativity [[electronic resource] ] : A First Encounter
| Special Relativity [[electronic resource] ] : A First Encounter |
| Autore | Giulini Domenico |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.11 |
| Soggetto topico |
Special relativity (Physics)
Atomic Physics Physics Physical Sciences & Mathematics |
| ISBN |
1-383-02973-3
1-280-75757-4 9786610757572 0-19-154662-3 1-4237-8661-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; 1 Origin and significance of Special Relativity; 2 Historical developments; 2.1 The dualistic concept of matter in the 19th century; 2.2 The principle of relativity in mechanics; 2.3 Is the relativity principle valid in electrodynamics?; 2.4 Experiments, contradictions, and consequences; 2.4.1 Aberration; 2.4.2 Fizeau's experiment; 2.4.3 The Michelson-Morley experiment; 2.4.4 The FitzGerald-Lorentz deformation hypothesis; 3 Foundations of Special Relativity; 3.1 The notion of simultaneity; 3.2 Lorentz transformations; 3.3 Time dilation and length contraction
3.3.1 Time dilation3.3.2 Length contraction; 3.4 Addition of velocities; 3.5 Causality relations; 3.6 Aberration and Doppler effect; 3.6.1 Aberration; 3.6.2 Doppler effect; 3.7 Length contraction and visual appearance; 3.8 Mass, momentum, and kinetic energy; 3.9 Probably the most famous formula in all of physics; 3.10 Electrodynamics: Invariance of Maxwell's equations; 4 Further consequences and applications of Special Relativity; 4.1 Atomic physics; 4.2 Nuclear physics; 4.3 Elementary particle physics; 4.4 Daily physics: navigational systems; 4.5 Science fiction: travel to distant stars? 4.6 Outlook on General Relativity5 Closer encounters with special topics; 5.1 Ole Rømer's measurement of the velocity of light; 5.2 The independence of the velocity of light from the state of motion of the source; 5.3 Do superluminal velocities exist?; 5.4 The Kennedy-Thorndike experiment; 5.5 The Ives-Stilwell experiment; 5.6 The current experimental status of Special Relativity; 5.7 Synchronization by slow clock-transport; 5.8 Aberration and conformal transformations; 5.9 Transformation formulae for momentum, energy, and force; 5.10 Minkowski space and the Lorentz group; Bibliography GlossarySymbols, units, constants; Picture Credits; 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 |
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Giulini Domenico
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| Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2005 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Special Relativity [[electronic resource] ] : A First Encounter
| Special Relativity [[electronic resource] ] : A First Encounter |
| Autore | Giulini Domenico |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.11 |
| Soggetto topico |
Special relativity (Physics)
Atomic Physics Physics Physical Sciences & Mathematics |
| ISBN |
1-383-02973-3
1-280-75757-4 9786610757572 0-19-154662-3 1-4237-8661-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; 1 Origin and significance of Special Relativity; 2 Historical developments; 2.1 The dualistic concept of matter in the 19th century; 2.2 The principle of relativity in mechanics; 2.3 Is the relativity principle valid in electrodynamics?; 2.4 Experiments, contradictions, and consequences; 2.4.1 Aberration; 2.4.2 Fizeau's experiment; 2.4.3 The Michelson-Morley experiment; 2.4.4 The FitzGerald-Lorentz deformation hypothesis; 3 Foundations of Special Relativity; 3.1 The notion of simultaneity; 3.2 Lorentz transformations; 3.3 Time dilation and length contraction
3.3.1 Time dilation3.3.2 Length contraction; 3.4 Addition of velocities; 3.5 Causality relations; 3.6 Aberration and Doppler effect; 3.6.1 Aberration; 3.6.2 Doppler effect; 3.7 Length contraction and visual appearance; 3.8 Mass, momentum, and kinetic energy; 3.9 Probably the most famous formula in all of physics; 3.10 Electrodynamics: Invariance of Maxwell's equations; 4 Further consequences and applications of Special Relativity; 4.1 Atomic physics; 4.2 Nuclear physics; 4.3 Elementary particle physics; 4.4 Daily physics: navigational systems; 4.5 Science fiction: travel to distant stars? 4.6 Outlook on General Relativity5 Closer encounters with special topics; 5.1 Ole Rømer's measurement of the velocity of light; 5.2 The independence of the velocity of light from the state of motion of the source; 5.3 Do superluminal velocities exist?; 5.4 The Kennedy-Thorndike experiment; 5.5 The Ives-Stilwell experiment; 5.6 The current experimental status of Special Relativity; 5.7 Synchronization by slow clock-transport; 5.8 Aberration and conformal transformations; 5.9 Transformation formulae for momentum, energy, and force; 5.10 Minkowski space and the Lorentz group; Bibliography GlossarySymbols, units, constants; Picture Credits; 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817279003321 |
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Giulini Domenico
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| Oxford, : OUP Oxford, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Special relativity : a heuristic approach / / Sadri Hassani
| Special relativity : a heuristic approach / / Sadri Hassani |
| Autore | Hassani Sadri |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Elsevier, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (382 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 530.11 |
| Soggetto topico | Special relativity (Physics) |
| ISBN | 0-12-810411-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- List of Symbols, Phrases, and Acronyms -- Note to the Reader -- 1. Qualitative Relativity -- 2. Relativity of Time and Space -- 3. Lorentz Transformation -- 4. Spacetime Geometry -- 5. Spacetime Momentum -- 6. Relativity in Four Dimensions -- 7. Relativistic Photography -- 8. Relativistic Interactions -- 9. Interstellar Travel -- 10. A Painless Introduction to Tensors -- 11. Relativistic Electrodynamics -- 12. Early Universe -- Appendix A. Maxwell's Equations -- Appendix B. Derivation of 4D Lorentz Transformation -- Appendix C. Relativistic Photography Formulas -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910583376703321 |
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Hassani Sadri
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| London, England : , : Elsevier, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Special relativity : from Einstein to strings / / Patricia M. Schwarz and John H. Schwarz [[electronic resource]]
| Special relativity : from Einstein to strings / / Patricia M. Schwarz and John H. Schwarz [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Schwarz Patricia M (Patricia Margaret), <1956-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 376 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 530.11 |
| Soggetto topico | Special relativity (Physics) |
| ISBN |
1-107-14442-6
0-511-64430-2 1-282-39472-X 9786612394720 0-511-64808-1 0-511-18719-X 0-511-56160-1 0-511-75581-3 0-511-18626-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Part I Fundamentals; Part II Advanced Topics; Appendix 1 Where do equations of motion come from?; Appendix 2 Basic group theory; Appendix 3 Lie groups and Lie algebras; Appendix 4 The structure of super Lie algebras; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457758303321 |
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Schwarz Patricia M (Patricia Margaret), <1956->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Special relativity : from Einstein to strings / / Patricia M. Schwarz and John H. Schwarz [[electronic resource]]
| Special relativity : from Einstein to strings / / Patricia M. Schwarz and John H. Schwarz [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Schwarz Patricia M (Patricia Margaret), <1956-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 376 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 530.11 |
| Soggetto topico | Special relativity (Physics) |
| ISBN |
1-107-14442-6
0-511-64430-2 1-282-39472-X 9786612394720 0-511-64808-1 0-511-18719-X 0-511-56160-1 0-511-75581-3 0-511-18626-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Part I Fundamentals; Part II Advanced Topics; Appendix 1 Where do equations of motion come from?; Appendix 2 Basic group theory; Appendix 3 Lie groups and Lie algebras; Appendix 4 The structure of super Lie algebras; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784409403321 |
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Schwarz Patricia M (Patricia Margaret), <1956->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Special relativity : from Einstein to strings / / Patricia M. Schwarz and John H. Schwarz [[electronic resource]]
| Special relativity : from Einstein to strings / / Patricia M. Schwarz and John H. Schwarz [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Schwarz Patricia M (Patricia Margaret), <1956-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 376 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 530.11 |
| Soggetto topico | Special relativity (Physics) |
| ISBN |
1-107-14442-6
0-511-64430-2 1-282-39472-X 9786612394720 0-511-64808-1 0-511-18719-X 0-511-56160-1 0-511-75581-3 0-511-18626-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Part I Fundamentals; Part II Advanced Topics; Appendix 1 Where do equations of motion come from?; Appendix 2 Basic group theory; Appendix 3 Lie groups and Lie algebras; Appendix 4 The structure of super Lie algebras; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810809803321 |
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Schwarz Patricia M (Patricia Margaret), <1956->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Special relativity / John Gerald Taylor
| Special relativity / John Gerald Taylor |
| Autore | Taylor, John Gerald |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1975 |
| Descrizione fisica | 106 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Soggetto topico | Special relativity (Physics) |
| ISBN | 0198518242 |
| Classificazione |
53.1.51
530.1'1 QC173.65.T39 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001254649707536 |
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Taylor, John Gerald
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| Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1975 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Special relativity / N. M. J. Woodhouse
| Special relativity / N. M. J. Woodhouse |
| Autore | Woodhouse, Nicholas Michael John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : Springer, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | ix, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Disciplina | 530.11 |
| Collana | Springer undergraduate mathematics series, 1615-2085 |
| Soggetto topico | Special relativity (Physics) |
| ISBN | 1852334266 |
| Classificazione |
AMS 83A05
LC QC173.65.W66 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001790809707536 |
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Woodhouse, Nicholas Michael John
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| London : Springer, c2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Special relativity : will it survive the next 101 years? / / Jürgen Ehlers, Claus Lämmerzahl (editors)
| Special relativity : will it survive the next 101 years? / / Jürgen Ehlers, Claus Lämmerzahl (editors) |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2006.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Heidelberg : , : Springer, , [2006] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (541 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.11 |
| Collana | Lecture notes in physics |
| Soggetto topico | Special relativity (Physics) |
| ISBN |
1-280-62738-7
9786610627387 3-540-34523-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Historical and Philosophical Aspects -- Isotropy of Inertia: A Sensitive Early Experimental Test -- The Challenge of Practice: Einstein, Technological Development and Conceptual Innovation -- Foundation and Formalism -- Foundations of Special Relativity Theory -- Algebraic and Geometric Structures in Special Relativity -- Quantum Theory in Accelerated Frames of Reference -- Vacuum Fluctuations, Geometric Modular Action and Relativistic Quantum Information Theory -- Spacetime Metric from Local and Linear Electrodynamics: A New Axiomatic Scheme -- Violations of Lorentz Invariance? -- Overview of the Standard Model Extension: Implications and Phenomenology of Lorentz Violation -- Anything Beyond Special Relativity? -- Doubly Special Relativity as a Limit of Gravity -- Corrections to Flat-Space Particle Dynamics Arising from Space Granularity -- Experimental Search -- Test Theories for Lorentz Invariance -- Test of Lorentz Invariance Using a Continuously Rotating Optical Resonator -- A Precision Test of the Isotropy of the Speed of Light Using Rotating Cryogenic Optical Cavities -- Rotating Resonator-Oscillator Experiments to Test Lorentz Invariance in Electrodynamics -- Recent Experimental Tests of Special Relativity -- Experimental Test of Time Dilation by Laser Spectroscopy on Fast Ion Beams -- Tests of Lorentz Symmetry in the Spin-Coupling Sector -- Do Evanescent Modes Violate Relativistic Causality?. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910146577603321 |
| Berlin ; ; Heidelberg : , : Springer, , [2006] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Special relativity : will it survive the next 101 years? / / Jürgen Ehlers, Claus Lämmerzahl (editors)
| Special relativity : will it survive the next 101 years? / / Jürgen Ehlers, Claus Lämmerzahl (editors) |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2006.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Heidelberg : , : Springer, , [2006] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (541 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.11 |
| Collana | Lecture notes in physics |
| Soggetto topico | Special relativity (Physics) |
| ISBN |
1-280-62738-7
9786610627387 3-540-34523-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Historical and Philosophical Aspects -- Isotropy of Inertia: A Sensitive Early Experimental Test -- The Challenge of Practice: Einstein, Technological Development and Conceptual Innovation -- Foundation and Formalism -- Foundations of Special Relativity Theory -- Algebraic and Geometric Structures in Special Relativity -- Quantum Theory in Accelerated Frames of Reference -- Vacuum Fluctuations, Geometric Modular Action and Relativistic Quantum Information Theory -- Spacetime Metric from Local and Linear Electrodynamics: A New Axiomatic Scheme -- Violations of Lorentz Invariance? -- Overview of the Standard Model Extension: Implications and Phenomenology of Lorentz Violation -- Anything Beyond Special Relativity? -- Doubly Special Relativity as a Limit of Gravity -- Corrections to Flat-Space Particle Dynamics Arising from Space Granularity -- Experimental Search -- Test Theories for Lorentz Invariance -- Test of Lorentz Invariance Using a Continuously Rotating Optical Resonator -- A Precision Test of the Isotropy of the Speed of Light Using Rotating Cryogenic Optical Cavities -- Rotating Resonator-Oscillator Experiments to Test Lorentz Invariance in Electrodynamics -- Recent Experimental Tests of Special Relativity -- Experimental Test of Time Dilation by Laser Spectroscopy on Fast Ion Beams -- Tests of Lorentz Symmetry in the Spin-Coupling Sector -- Do Evanescent Modes Violate Relativistic Causality?. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996466713003316 |
| Berlin ; ; Heidelberg : , : Springer, , [2006] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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