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The Dawning of Gauge Theory
Lochlainn O´raifeartaigh
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Description for The Dawning of Gauge Theory
Paperback. Illustrates how gravitational theory and quantum mechanics played crucial roles in the reassessment of gauge theory as a geometric principle and as a framework for describing both electromagnetism and gravitation. This book also describes how the abelian electromagnetic gauge-theory was generalized to its non-abelian form. Series: Princeton Series in Physics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 371.
During the course of this century, gauge invariance has slowly emerged from being an incidental symmetry of electromagnetism to being a fundamental geometrical principle underlying the four known fundamental physical interactions. The development has been in two stages. In the first stage (1916-1956) the geometrical significance of gauge-invariance gradually came to be appreciated and the original abelian gauge-invariance of electromagnetism was generalized to non-abelian gauge invariance. In the second stage (1960-1975) it was found that, contrary to first appearances, the non-abelian gauge-theories provided exactly the framework that was needed to describe the nuclear interactions (both weak and strong) and thus ... Read more
During the course of this century, gauge invariance has slowly emerged from being an incidental symmetry of electromagnetism to being a fundamental geometrical principle underlying the four known fundamental physical interactions. The development has been in two stages. In the first stage (1916-1956) the geometrical significance of gauge-invariance gradually came to be appreciated and the original abelian gauge-invariance of electromagnetism was generalized to non-abelian gauge invariance. In the second stage (1960-1975) it was found that, contrary to first appearances, the non-abelian gauge-theories provided exactly the framework that was needed to describe the nuclear interactions (both weak and strong) and thus ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Series in Physics
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691029771
SKU
V9780691029771
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About Lochlainn O´raifeartaigh
Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh is Senior Professor at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, where he teaches courses in Quantum Field Theory and Particle Physics. He is the author of Group-Structure of Gauge Theory.
Reviews for The Dawning of Gauge Theory
"The book thus performs a double service: it offers a rewarding description of the development of the gauge symmetry idea that is complete even without the original papers, and it makes those original papers readily accessible to physicists and mathematicians... This book represents an important contribution to the history of fundamental ideas in physics."
American Journal of Physics
American Journal of Physics