Photon : old problems in light of new ideas / edited by Valeri V. Dvoeglazov.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dvoeglazov, Valeri V.

Series:

Contemporary fundamental physics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photons.

Physical Description:

xx, 519 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Huntington, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, 2000.

Contents:

Chapter I. Extended Electrodynamics 1

A photon model of an extended electromagnetic theory / B. Lehnert 3

New electromagnetic gauge fields as tools for future laws of electromagnetism / E. Kapuscik 21

Extended electrodynamics: Basic equations and photon-like (3 + 1)-solition solutions in vacuum / S. Donev 32

Instantaneous momentum-energy of the classical free electromagnetic field / V. Ilyin, I. Nefedov 57

Is Weber's electrodynamics heretical? / J. Fukai 80

Maxwell theory is still a source of surprises / J. E. Maiorino, W. A. Rodrigues, Jr. 95

To the foundations of classical electrodynamics / E. G. Bessonov 113

Failure of the Lorentz-Dirac approach to radiation reaction / A. A. Vlasov 126

Chapter II. Gravitation in Development 133

Elementary particles from general relativity / M. Sachs, 135

Cosmological determination of the Weinberg angle / M. Cohen 157

Asymptotic freedom of general relativity and its possible consequences / D. Singleton 168

The energy-momentum tensor for gravitational interactions / W. Wyss 176

The equivalence principle in classical and quantum mechanics / P. D. Mannheim 190

Essay on the unified theory of the classical fields / K. Reichling 207

Chapter III. Non-standard Ideas of Description of the Physical World 225

To enjoy the morning flower in the evening: Is special relativity a classical theory? / Guang-jiong Ni 227

To enjoy the morning flower in the evening: Where is the subtlety of quantum mechanics? / Guang-jiong Ni 237

To enjoy the morning flower in the evening: What does the appearance of infinity in physics imply? / Guang-jiong Ni 248

Structure of physical space and nature of electromagnetic field / Yu. A. Baurov 259

Direct particle quantum interaction / A. Shojai, M. Golshani 270

Turbulence, electromagnetism and quantum mechanics: A common perspective / H. Marmanis 286

A realist view of the electron: Recent advances and unsolved problems / W. A. Hofer 297

Chapter IV. Mathematical Aspects of Poincare-covariant Theories 317

'Longitudinal nature' of antisymmetric tensor field after quantization and importance of the normalization / V. V. Dvoeglazov 319

The speed of light as a dilaton field / W. Wyss 338

Toroid antenna as a conditioner of electromagnetic field / T. W. Barrett 355

Classical electrodynamics and relativistic quantum mechanics. Vacuum polarization / A. Campolattaro 395

Throwing sawdust into space: It will slow and stop, so why is nature Lorentz covariant? / J. D. Edmonds, Jr. 402

Direct universality of the isospectral relativity for photons with arbitrary speeds / R. Santilli 421

Direct universality of Lorentz-Poincare-Santilli isosymmetry for extended-deformable particles, arbitrary speeds of light and all possible spacetimes / J. V. Kadeisvili 443

The Poincare group deduced from the logic properties of the information / G. A. Quznetsov 475

Photon without the Poincare group / M. Gusiew-Czudzak, Z. Oziewicz 494.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1560728108

OCLC:

43851461