100 years of gravity and accelerated frames : the deepest insights of Einstein and Yang-Mills / editors, Jong-Ping Hsu, Dana Fine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hsu, J. P. (Jong-Ping)

Fine, Dana.

Series:

Advanced series on theoretical physical science ; v. 9.

Advanced series on theoretical physical science ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gravitation.

Relativity (Physics).

Einstein field equations.

Yang-Mills theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (662 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

One hundred years of gravity and accelerated frames

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ ; London : World Scientific, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of papers presents ideas and problems arising over the past 100 years regarding classical and quantum gravity, gauge theories of gravity, and spacetime transformations of accelerated frames. Both Einstein's theory of gravity and the Yang-Mills theory are gauge invariant. The invariance principles in physics have transcended both kinetic and dynamic properties and are at the very heart of our understanding of the physical world. In this spirit, this book attempts to survey the development of various formulations for gravitational and Yang-Mills fields and spacetime transformatio

Contents:

Remarks on the Development of the Gravitational and Yang-Mills Fields, and Accelerated Frames

The Dawn of Gravitation

Einstein's Deepest Insight and Its Early lmpacts

The Scalar-Tensor Theory of Gravity

Yang-Mills' Deepest Insight and Its Relation to Gravity

Accelerated Frames: Generalizing the Lorentz Transformations

Quantum Gravity and 'Ghosts

Gauge Theories of Gravity

Alternate Approaches to Gravity: Roads Less Traveled By

Experimental Tests of Gravitational Theories

Other Perspectives.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611905798

9781281905796

1281905798

9789812703408

9812703403

OCLC:

228169136