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020			_a9781108480826
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a530.12 _bL975n
100			_aLusanna, Luca
245			_aNon-inertial frames and dirac observables in relativity _cLuca Lusanna
260			_bCambridge University Press _c2019 _aCambridge
300			_axvi, 322p
440			_aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics
490			_a/ edited by S. J. Aarseth
520			_aInterpreting general relativity relies on a proper description of non-inertial frames and Dirac observables. This book describes global non-inertial frames in special and general relativity. The first part covers special relativity and Minkowski space time, before covering general relativity, globally hyperbolic Einstein space-time, and the application of the 3+1 splitting method to general relativity. The author uses a Hamiltonian description and the Dirac–Bergmann theory of constraints to show that the transition between one non-inertial frame and another is a gauge transformation, extra variables describing the frame are gauge variables, and the measureable matter quantities are gauge invariant Dirac observables. Point particles, fluids and fields are also discussed, including how to treat the problems of relative times in the description of relativistic bound states, and the problem of relativistic centre of mass. Providing a detailed description of mathematical methods, the book is perfect for theoretical physicists, researchers and students working in special and general relativity.
650			_aQuantum field theory
650			_aWave equation
650			_aDirac equation
942			_cBK
999			_c560839 _d560839