Overview
- Authors:
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Roman U. Sexl
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Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
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Helmuth K. Urbantke
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Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria
- Successful mix between introduction to relativity theory and its applications in high energy physics
- Fine balance between formal structure and physical discussion
- Successful textbook in the German language
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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- Roman U. Sexl, Helmuth K. Urbantke
Pages 1-18
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- Roman U. Sexl, Helmuth K. Urbantke, H. K. Urbantke
Pages 19-48
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- Roman U. Sexl, Helmuth K. Urbantke
Pages 49-62
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- Roman U. Sexl, Helmuth K. Urbantke
Pages 63-84
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- Roman U. Sexl, Helmuth K. Urbantke
Pages 85-133
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- Roman U. Sexl, Helmuth K. Urbantke
Pages 134-168
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- Roman U. Sexl, Helmuth K. Urbantke
Pages 169-228
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- Roman U. Sexl, Helmuth K. Urbantke
Pages 229-260
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- Roman U. Sexl, Helmuth K. Urbantke
Pages 261-316
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- Roman U. Sexl, Helmuth K. Urbantke
Pages 317-335
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- Roman U. Sexl, Helmuth K. Urbantke
Pages C1-C1
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Back Matter
Pages 336-388
About this book
Like many textbooks, the present one is the outgrowth of lecture courses, mainly given at the University of Vienna, Austria; on the occasion of the English edition, it may be mentioned that our first such lecture course was delivered by my late co author, Roman U. Sexl, during the fall and winter term 1967-68 in the USA-more precisely, at the University of Georgia (Athens). Since then, Particle Physics has seen spectacular revolutions; but its relativistic symmetry has never been shaken. On the other hand, new technological developments have enabled applications like the GPS (Global Positioning System) that, in a sense, brought Relativity to the domain of everyday use. The purpose of the lecture courses, and thus of the book, is to fill a gap that the authors feel exists between the way Relativity is presented in introductory courses on mechanics and/or electrodynamics on the one hand and the way relativistic symmetry is presented in particle physics and field theory courses on the other. The reason for the gap is a natural one: too many other themes have to be addressed in the introductory courses, and too many applications are impatiently waiting for their presentation in the particle and field theory courses.
Reviews
"... I wish that many readers from the large English-speaking area ... will step on it and profit from an illuminating textbook which was reserved to German-language readers up to now." Wolfgang Hasse - General Relativity and Gravitation, vol. 34, 12/2002
