Classical Relativistic Many-Body Dynamics /

This book examines in detail the classical theory of relativistic many-body dynamics using a world time for self-consistency, completeness, and possible critical experiment. The theory, originally by Stueckelberg, and generalised to the many-body system by Horwitz and Piron, allows solutions for the...

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Main Author: Trump, M. A.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Schieve, W. C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1999.
Series:Fundamental Theories of Physics, An International Book Series on The Fundamental Theories of Physics: Their Clarification, Development and Application ; ; 103.
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Summary:This book examines in detail the classical theory of relativistic many-body dynamics using a world time for self-consistency, completeness, and possible critical experiment. The theory, originally by Stueckelberg, and generalised to the many-body system by Horwitz and Piron, allows solutions for the special relativistic system with long-range interaction in a manifestly covariant Lagrangian and Hamiltonian fashion. The covariant Kepler problem is considered in particular. Audience: This volume will be of interest to researchers whose work involves relativity and gravitation, electromagnetic theory, theoretical astrophysics, classical mechanics or space dynamics. It is also recommended as a text for an advanced-level graduate physics course in classical mechanics.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 368 pages)
ISBN:9789401593038 (electronic bk.)
9401593035 (electronic bk.)