Preface | p. vii |
Notes and References | p. xi |
Basics | p. 1 |
Galilean Invariance of Newtonian Mechanics | p. 1 |
Translations | p. 2 |
Rotations | p. 2 |
Galilei Boosts | p. 3 |
Galilei Group | p. 3 |
Lorentz Invariance of Maxwell Equations | p. 3 |
Lorentz Boosts | p. 4 |
Lorentz Group | p. 6 |
Infinitesimal Lorentz Transformations | p. 6 |
Generators of Group Transformations | p. 7 |
Group Multiplication and Lie Algebra | p. 9 |
Vector-, Tensor-, and Scalar Fields | p. 11 |
Discret Lorentz Transformations | p. 14 |
Poincare group | p. 14 |
Differential Operators for Lorentz Transformations | p. 15 |
Vector and Tensor Operators | p. 16 |
Behavior of Vectors and Tensors under Finite Lorentz Transformations | p. 16 |
Rotations | p. 17 |
Lorentz Boosts | p. 18 |
Lorentz Group | p. 18 |
Relativistic Point Mechanics | p. 19 |
Quantum Mechanics | p. 22 |
Relativistic Particles in Electromagnetic Field | p. 24 |
Dirac Particles and Fields | p. 29 |
Energy-Momentum Tensor | p. 32 |
Point Particles | p. 32 |
Perfect Fluid | p. 34 |
Electromagnetic Field | p. 34 |
Angular Momentum and Spin | p. 36 |
Spacetime-Dependent Lorentz Transformations | p. 41 |
Angular Velocities | p. 41 |
Angular Gradients | p. 43 |
Tensor Identities | p. 43 |
Product Formulas | p. 44 |
Determinants | p. 46 |
Expansion of Determinants | p. 46 |
Notes and References | p. 46 |
Action Approach | p. 48 |
General Particle Dynamics | p. 49 |
Single Relativistic Particle | p. 50 |
Scalar Fields | p. 52 |
Locality | p. 52 |
Lorenz Invariance | p. 53 |
Field Equations | p. 54 |
Plane Waves | p. 55 |
Schrodinger Quantum Mechanics as Nonrelativistic Limit | p. 55 |
Natural Units | p. 56 |
Hamiltonian Formalism | p. 57 |
Conserved Current | p. 58 |
Maxwell's Equation from Extremum of Field Action | p. 59 |
Electromagnetic Field Action | p. 60 |
Alternative Action for Electromagnetic Field | p. 61 |
Hamiltonian of Electromagnetic Fields | p. 61 |
Gauge Invariance of Maxwell's Theory | p. 63 |
Maxwell-Lorentz Action for Charged Point Particles | p. 65 |
Scalar Field with Electromagnetic Interaction | p. 66 |
Dirac Fields | p. 67 |
Quantization | p. 69 |
Notes and References | p. 70 |
Continuous Symmetries and Conservation Laws. Noether's Theorem | p. 71 |
Continuous Symmetries and Conservation Laws | p. 71 |
Group Structure of Symmetry Transformations | p. 71 |
Substantial Variations | p. 72 |
Conservation Laws | p. 72 |
Alternative Derivation of Conservation Laws | p. 73 |
Time Translation Invariance and Energy Conservation | p. 75 |
Momentum and Angular Momentum | p. 76 |
Translational Invariance in Space | p. 77 |
Rotational Invariance | p. 77 |
Center-of-Mass Theorem | p. 78 |
Conservation Laws from Lorentz Invariance | p. 80 |
Generating the Symmetries | p. 82 |
Field Theory | p. 84 |
Continuous Symmetry and Conserved Currents | p. 84 |
Alternative Derivation | p. 85 |
Local Symmetries | p. 86 |
Canonical Energy-Momentum Tensor | p. 88 |
Electromagnetism | p. 90 |
Dirac Field | p. 91 |
Angular Momentum | p. 92 |
Four-Dimensional Angular Momentum | p. 93 |
Spin Current | p. 95 |
Electromagnetic Fields | p. 95 |
Dirac Field | p. 98 |
Symmetric Energy-Momentum Tensor | p. 100 |
Internal Symmetries | p. 102 |
U(1)-Symmetry and Charge Conservation | p. 103 |
Broken Internal Symmetries | p. 103 |
Generating the Symmetry Transformations for Quantum Fields | p. 104 |
Energy-Momentum Tensor of Relativistic Massive Point Particle | p. 105 |
Energy-Momentum Tensor of Massive Charged Particle in Electromagnetic Field | p. 107 |
Notes and References | p. 110 |
Multivalued Gauge Transformations in Magnetostatics | p. 111 |
Vector Potential of Current Distribution | p. 111 |
Multivalued Gradient Representation of Magnetic Field | p. 112 |
Generating Magnetic Fields by Multivalued Gauge Transformations | p. 119 |
Magnetic Monopoles | p. 120 |
Minimal Magnetic Coupling of Particles from Multivalued Gauge Transformations | p. 123 |
Equivalence of Multivalued Scalar and Singlevalued Vector Fields | p. 125 |
Multivalued Field Theory of Magnetic Monopoles and Electric Currents | p. 127 |
Notes and References | p. 129 |
Multivalued Fields in Superfluids and Superconductors | p. 131 |
Superfluid Transition | p. 131 |
Configuration Entropy | p. 133 |
Origin of Massless Excitations | p. 134 |
Vortex Density | p. 138 |
Partition Function | p. 138 |
Continuum Derivation of Interaction Energy | p. 144 |
Physical Jumping Surfaces | p. 145 |
Canonical Representation of Superfluid | p. 146 |
Yukawa Loop Gas | p. 150 |
Gauge Field of Superflow | p. 151 |
Disorder Field Theory | p. 153 |
Phase Transition in Superconductor | p. 156 |
Ginzburg-Landau Theory | p. 158 |
Disorder Theory of Superconductor | p. 160 |
Order versus Disorder Parameter | p. 163 |
Superfluid [superscript 4]He | p. 163 |
Superconductor | p. 168 |
Order of Superconducting Phase Transition and Tricritical Point | p. 174 |
Fluctuation Regime | p. 174 |
First- or Second-Order Transition? | p. 175 |
Partition Function of Superconductor with Vortex Lines | p. 176 |
First-Order Regime | p. 177 |
Vortex Line Origin of Second-Order Transition | p. 179 |
Tricritical Point | p. 180 |
Disorder Theory | p. 181 |
Vortex Lattices | p. 182 |
Single Vortex Line in Superfluid | p. 183 |
Notes and References | p. 189 |
Dynamics of Superfluids | p. 196 |
Hydrodynamic Description of Superfluid | p. 196 |
Velocity of Second Sound | p. 201 |
Vortex-Electromagnetic Fields | p. 202 |
Simple Example | p. 203 |
Eckart Theory of Ideal Quantum Fluids | p. 206 |
Rotating Superfluid | p. 207 |
Notes and References | p. 208 |
Dynamics of Charged Superfluid and Superconductor | p. 210 |
Hydrodynamic Description of Charged Superfluid | p. 211 |
London Theory of Charged Superfluid | p. 212 |
Including Vortices in London Equations | p. 214 |
Hydrodynamic Description of Superconductor | p. 215 |
Excitation Spectrum of Superconductor | p. 219 |
Gap Equation | p. 219 |
Action of Quadratic Fluctuations | p. 223 |
Long-Wavelength Excitations at Zero Temperature | p. 225 |
Long-Wavelength Excitations at Nonzero Temperature | p. 227 |
Bending Energies of Order Field | p. 229 |
Kinetic Terms of Pair Field at Nonzero Temperature | p. 232 |
Properties of Ginzburg-Landau Theory of Superconductivity | p. 237 |
Critical Magnetic Field | p. 239 |
Two Length Scales and Type I or II Superconductivity | p. 240 |
Single Vortex Line and Critical Field H[subscript c1] | p. 243 |
Critical Field H[subscript c2] where Superconductivity is Destroyed | p. 248 |
Notes and References | p. 250 |
Relativistic Magnetic Monopoles and Electric Charge Confinement | p. 251 |
Monopole Gauge Invariance | p. 251 |
Charge Quantization | p. 256 |
Electric and Magnetic Current-Current Interactions | p. 258 |
Dual Gauge Field Representation | p. 259 |
Monopole Gauge Fixing | p. 261 |
Quantum Field Theory of Spinless Electric Charges | p. 262 |
Theory of Magnetic Charge Confinement | p. 263 |
Second Quantization of the Monopole Field | p. 265 |
Quantum Field Theory of Electric Charge Confinement | p. 267 |
Notes and References | p. 270 |
Multivalued Mapping from Ideal Crystals to Crystals with Defects | p. 274 |
Defects | p. 274 |
Dislocation Lines and Burgers Vector | p. 278 |
Disclination Lines and Frank Vector | p. 281 |
Interdependence of Dislocation and Disclinations | p. 283 |
Defect Lines with Infinitesimal Discontinuities in Continuous Media | p. 284 |
Multivaluedness of Displacement Field | p. 286 |
Smoothness Properties of Displacement Field and Weingarten's Theorem | p. 287 |
Integrability Properties of Displacement Field | p. 290 |
Dislocation and Disclination Densities | p. 292 |
Mnemonic Procedure for Constructing Defect Densities | p. 295 |
Defect Gauge Invariance | p. 297 |
Branching Defect Lines | p. 299 |
Defect Density and Incompatibility | p. 300 |
Notes and References | p. 305 |
Defect Melting | p. 307 |
Specific Heat | p. 307 |
Elastic Energy of Solid with Defects | p. 308 |
Notes and References | p. 314 |
Relativistic Mechanics in Curvilinear Coordinates | p. 316 |
Equivalence Principle | p. 316 |
Free Particle in General Coordinates Frame | p. 317 |
Minkowski Geometry formulated in General Coordinates | p. 320 |
Local Basis tetrads | p. 321 |
Vector- and Tensor Fields in Minkowski Coordinates | p. 323 |
Vector- and Tensor Fields in General Coordinates | p. 324 |
Affine Connections and Covariant Derivatives | p. 327 |
Torsion tensor | p. 329 |
Covariant Time Derivative and Acceleration | p. 331 |
Curvature Tensor as Covariant Curl of Affine Connection | p. 331 |
Riemann Curvature Tensor | p. 335 |
Curvilinear Versions of Levi-Civita Tensor | p. 337 |
Notes and References | p. 340 |
Torsion and Curvature from Defects | p. 342 |
Multivalued Infinitesimal Coordinate Transformations | p. 343 |
Examples for Nonholonomic Coordinate Transformations | p. 348 |
Dislocation | p. 348 |
Disclination | p. 350 |
Differential-Geometric Properties of Affine Spaces | p. 350 |
Integrability of Metric and Affine Connection | p. 351 |
Local Parallelism | p. 352 |
Circuit Integrals in Affine Spaces with Curvature and Torsion | p. 355 |
Closed-Contour Integral over Parallel Vector Field | p. 355 |
Closed-Contour Integral over Coordinates | p. 356 |
Closure Failure and Burgers Vector | p. 357 |
Alternative Circuit Integral for Curvature | p. 357 |
Parallelism in World Crystal | p. 358 |
Bianchi Identities for Curvature and Torsion Tensors | p. 359 |
Special Coordinates in Riemann Spacetime | p. 361 |
Geodesic Coordinates | p. 361 |
Canonical Geodesic Coordinates | p. 363 |
Harmonic Coordinates | p. 365 |
Coordinates with det(g[subscript mu nu]) = 1 | p. 367 |
Orthogonal Coordinates | p. 367 |
Number of Independent Components of R[subscript mu nu lambda superscript kappa] and S[subscript mu nu superscript lambda] | p. 369 |
Two Dimensions | p. 369 |
Three Dimensions | p. 371 |
Four or More Dimensions | p. 371 |
Notes and References | p. 373 |
Curvature and Torsion from Embedding | p. 374 |
Spacetimes with Constant Curvature | p. 374 |
Basis Vectors | p. 375 |
Torsion | p. 379 |
Notes and References | p. 379 |
Multivalued Mapping Principle | p. 380 |
Motion of Point Particle | p. 381 |
Classical Action Principle for Spaces with Curvature | p. 381 |
Autoparallel Trajectories in Spaces with Torsion | p. 381 |
Equations of Motion For Spin | p. 387 |
Special Properties of Gradient Torsion | p. 387 |
Autoparallel Trajectories from Embedding | p. 388 |
Special Role of Autoparallels | p. 388 |
Gauss Principle of Least Constraint | p. 389 |
Maxwell-Lorentz Orbits as Autoparallel Trajectories | p. 390 |
Bargmann-Michel-Telegdi Equation from Torsion | p. 391 |
Notes and References | p. 391 |
Field Equations of Gravitation | p. 393 |
Invariant Action | p. 393 |
Energy-Momentum Tensor and Spin Density | p. 396 |
Symmetric Energy-Momentum Tensor and Defect Density | p. 401 |
Notes and References | p. 403 |
Minimally Coupled Fields of Integer Spin | p. 404 |
Scalar Fields in Riemann-Cartan Space | p. 404 |
Electromagnetism in Riemann-Cartan Space | p. 406 |
Notes and References | p. 409 |
Particles with Half-Integer Spin | p. 410 |
Local Lorentz Invariance and Anholonomic Coordinates | p. 410 |
Nonholonomic Image of Dirac Action | p. 410 |
Vierbein Fields | p. 413 |
Local Inertial Frames | p. 414 |
Difference between Vierbein and Multivalued Tetrad Fields | p. 416 |
Covariant Derivatives in Intermediate Basis | p. 417 |
Dirac Action in Riemann-Cartan Space | p. 420 |
Ricci Identity | p. 422 |
Alternative Form of Coupling | p. 422 |
Invariant Action for Vector Fields | p. 423 |
Verifying Local Lorentz Invariance | p. 426 |
Field Equations with Spinning Matter | p. 427 |
Notes and References | p. 431 |
Covariant Conservation Law | p. 432 |
Spin Density | p. 432 |
Energy-Momentum Density | p. 434 |
Covariant Derivation of Conservation Laws | p. 437 |
Matter with Integer Spin | p. 438 |
Relations between Conservation Laws and Bianchi Identities | p. 440 |
Particle Trajectories from Energy-Momentum Conservation | p. 442 |
Notes and References | p. 443 |
Gravitation of Spinning Matter as a Gauge Theory | p. 444 |
Local Lorentz Transformations | p. 444 |
Local Translations | p. 446 |
Notes and References | p. 447 |
Evanescent Properties of Torsion in Gravity | p. 448 |
Local Four-Fermion Interaction due to Torsion | p. 448 |
No Need for Torsion in Gravity | p. 451 |
Scalar Fields | p. 453 |
Only Spin-1/2 Sources | p. 453 |
Modified Energy-Momentum Conservation Law | p. 455 |
Solution for Gradient Torsion | p. 456 |
Gradient Torsion coupled to Scalar Fields | p. 457 |
New Scalar Product | p. 458 |
Self-Interacting Higgs Field | p. 459 |
Summary | p. 459 |
Notes and References | p. 460 |
Teleparallel Theory of Gravitation | p. 463 |
Torsion Form of Einstein Action | p. 463 |
Schwarzschild Solution | p. 469 |
Notes and References | p. 473 |
Emerging Gravity | p. 474 |
Gravity in the World Crystal | p. 474 |
Gravity Emerging from Fluctuations of Matter and Radiation | p. 478 |
Notes and References | p. 480 |
Index | p. 481 |
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