| Classical and Quantum Dynamics of Constrained Hamiltonian Systems Contributor(s): Rothe, Heinz J. (Author), Rothe, Klaus D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9814299642 ISBN-13: 9789814299640 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Quantum Theory - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational |
| Dewey: 530.12 |
| LCCN: 2009052083 |
| Series: World Scientific Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.30 lbs) 316 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is an introduction to the field of constrained Hamiltonian systems and their quantization, a topic which is of central interest to theoretical physicists who wish to obtain a deeper understanding of the quantization of gauge theories, such as describing the fundamental interactions in nature. Beginning with the early work of Dirac, the book covers the main developments in the field up to more recent topics, such as the field-antifield formalism of Batalin and Vilkovisky, including a short discussion of how gauge anomalies may be incorporated into this formalism. All topics are well illustrated with examples emphasizing points of central interest. The book should enable graduate students to follow the literature on this subject without much problems, and to perform research in this field. |