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Multivalued Fields : In Condensed Matter, Electromagnetism, and Gravitation

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Table of Contents

Prefacep. vii
Notes and Referencesp. xi
Basicsp. 1
Galilean Invariance of Newtonian Mechanicsp. 1
Translationsp. 2
Rotationsp. 2
Galilei Boostsp. 3
Galilei Groupp. 3
Lorentz Invariance of Maxwell Equationsp. 3
Lorentz Boostsp. 4
Lorentz Groupp. 6
Infinitesimal Lorentz Transformationsp. 6
Generators of Group Transformationsp. 7
Group Multiplication and Lie Algebrap. 9
Vector-, Tensor-, and Scalar Fieldsp. 11
Discret Lorentz Transformationsp. 14
Poincare groupp. 14
Differential Operators for Lorentz Transformationsp. 15
Vector and Tensor Operatorsp. 16
Behavior of Vectors and Tensors under Finite Lorentz Transformationsp. 16
Rotationsp. 17
Lorentz Boostsp. 18
Lorentz Groupp. 18
Relativistic Point Mechanicsp. 19
Quantum Mechanicsp. 22
Relativistic Particles in Electromagnetic Fieldp. 24
Dirac Particles and Fieldsp. 29
Energy-Momentum Tensorp. 32
Point Particlesp. 32
Perfect Fluidp. 34
Electromagnetic Fieldp. 34
Angular Momentum and Spinp. 36
Spacetime-Dependent Lorentz Transformationsp. 41
Angular Velocitiesp. 41
Angular Gradientsp. 43
Tensor Identitiesp. 43
Product Formulasp. 44
Determinantsp. 46
Expansion of Determinantsp. 46
Notes and Referencesp. 46
Action Approachp. 48
General Particle Dynamicsp. 49
Single Relativistic Particlep. 50
Scalar Fieldsp. 52
Localityp. 52
Lorenz Invariancep. 53
Field Equationsp. 54
Plane Wavesp. 55
Schrodinger Quantum Mechanics as Nonrelativistic Limitp. 55
Natural Unitsp. 56
Hamiltonian Formalismp. 57
Conserved Currentp. 58
Maxwell's Equation from Extremum of Field Actionp. 59
Electromagnetic Field Actionp. 60
Alternative Action for Electromagnetic Fieldp. 61
Hamiltonian of Electromagnetic Fieldsp. 61
Gauge Invariance of Maxwell's Theoryp. 63
Maxwell-Lorentz Action for Charged Point Particlesp. 65
Scalar Field with Electromagnetic Interactionp. 66
Dirac Fieldsp. 67
Quantizationp. 69
Notes and Referencesp. 70
Continuous Symmetries and Conservation Laws. Noether's Theoremp. 71
Continuous Symmetries and Conservation Lawsp. 71
Group Structure of Symmetry Transformationsp. 71
Substantial Variationsp. 72
Conservation Lawsp. 72
Alternative Derivation of Conservation Lawsp. 73
Time Translation Invariance and Energy Conservationp. 75
Momentum and Angular Momentump. 76
Translational Invariance in Spacep. 77
Rotational Invariancep. 77
Center-of-Mass Theoremp. 78
Conservation Laws from Lorentz Invariancep. 80
Generating the Symmetriesp. 82
Field Theoryp. 84
Continuous Symmetry and Conserved Currentsp. 84
Alternative Derivationp. 85
Local Symmetriesp. 86
Canonical Energy-Momentum Tensorp. 88
Electromagnetismp. 90
Dirac Fieldp. 91
Angular Momentump. 92
Four-Dimensional Angular Momentump. 93
Spin Currentp. 95
Electromagnetic Fieldsp. 95
Dirac Fieldp. 98
Symmetric Energy-Momentum Tensorp. 100
Internal Symmetriesp. 102
U(1)-Symmetry and Charge Conservationp. 103
Broken Internal Symmetriesp. 103
Generating the Symmetry Transformations for Quantum Fieldsp. 104
Energy-Momentum Tensor of Relativistic Massive Point Particlep. 105
Energy-Momentum Tensor of Massive Charged Particle in Electromagnetic Fieldp. 107
Notes and Referencesp. 110
Multivalued Gauge Transformations in Magnetostaticsp. 111
Vector Potential of Current Distributionp. 111
Multivalued Gradient Representation of Magnetic Fieldp. 112
Generating Magnetic Fields by Multivalued Gauge Transformationsp. 119
Magnetic Monopolesp. 120
Minimal Magnetic Coupling of Particles from Multivalued Gauge Transformationsp. 123
Equivalence of Multivalued Scalar and Singlevalued Vector Fieldsp. 125
Multivalued Field Theory of Magnetic Monopoles and Electric Currentsp. 127
Notes and Referencesp. 129
Multivalued Fields in Superfluids and Superconductorsp. 131
Superfluid Transitionp. 131
Configuration Entropyp. 133
Origin of Massless Excitationsp. 134
Vortex Densityp. 138
Partition Functionp. 138
Continuum Derivation of Interaction Energyp. 144
Physical Jumping Surfacesp. 145
Canonical Representation of Superfluidp. 146
Yukawa Loop Gasp. 150
Gauge Field of Superflowp. 151
Disorder Field Theoryp. 153
Phase Transition in Superconductorp. 156
Ginzburg-Landau Theoryp. 158
Disorder Theory of Superconductorp. 160
Order versus Disorder Parameterp. 163
Superfluid [superscript 4]Hep. 163
Superconductorp. 168
Order of Superconducting Phase Transition and Tricritical Pointp. 174
Fluctuation Regimep. 174
First- or Second-Order Transition?p. 175
Partition Function of Superconductor with Vortex Linesp. 176
First-Order Regimep. 177
Vortex Line Origin of Second-Order Transitionp. 179
Tricritical Pointp. 180
Disorder Theoryp. 181
Vortex Latticesp. 182
Single Vortex Line in Superfluidp. 183
Notes and Referencesp. 189
Dynamics of Superfluidsp. 196
Hydrodynamic Description of Superfluidp. 196
Velocity of Second Soundp. 201
Vortex-Electromagnetic Fieldsp. 202
Simple Examplep. 203
Eckart Theory of Ideal Quantum Fluidsp. 206
Rotating Superfluidp. 207
Notes and Referencesp. 208
Dynamics of Charged Superfluid and Superconductorp. 210
Hydrodynamic Description of Charged Superfluidp. 211
London Theory of Charged Superfluidp. 212
Including Vortices in London Equationsp. 214
Hydrodynamic Description of Superconductorp. 215
Excitation Spectrum of Superconductorp. 219
Gap Equationp. 219
Action of Quadratic Fluctuationsp. 223
Long-Wavelength Excitations at Zero Temperaturep. 225
Long-Wavelength Excitations at Nonzero Temperaturep. 227
Bending Energies of Order Fieldp. 229
Kinetic Terms of Pair Field at Nonzero Temperaturep. 232
Properties of Ginzburg-Landau Theory of Superconductivityp. 237
Critical Magnetic Fieldp. 239
Two Length Scales and Type I or II Superconductivityp. 240
Single Vortex Line and Critical Field H[subscript c1]p. 243
Critical Field H[subscript c2] where Superconductivity is Destroyedp. 248
Notes and Referencesp. 250
Relativistic Magnetic Monopoles and Electric Charge Confinementp. 251
Monopole Gauge Invariancep. 251
Charge Quantizationp. 256
Electric and Magnetic Current-Current Interactionsp. 258
Dual Gauge Field Representationp. 259
Monopole Gauge Fixingp. 261
Quantum Field Theory of Spinless Electric Chargesp. 262
Theory of Magnetic Charge Confinementp. 263
Second Quantization of the Monopole Fieldp. 265
Quantum Field Theory of Electric Charge Confinementp. 267
Notes and Referencesp. 270
Multivalued Mapping from Ideal Crystals to Crystals with Defectsp. 274
Defectsp. 274
Dislocation Lines and Burgers Vectorp. 278
Disclination Lines and Frank Vectorp. 281
Interdependence of Dislocation and Disclinationsp. 283
Defect Lines with Infinitesimal Discontinuities in Continuous Mediap. 284
Multivaluedness of Displacement Fieldp. 286
Smoothness Properties of Displacement Field and Weingarten's Theoremp. 287
Integrability Properties of Displacement Fieldp. 290
Dislocation and Disclination Densitiesp. 292
Mnemonic Procedure for Constructing Defect Densitiesp. 295
Defect Gauge Invariancep. 297
Branching Defect Linesp. 299
Defect Density and Incompatibilityp. 300
Notes and Referencesp. 305
Defect Meltingp. 307
Specific Heatp. 307
Elastic Energy of Solid with Defectsp. 308
Notes and Referencesp. 314
Relativistic Mechanics in Curvilinear Coordinatesp. 316
Equivalence Principlep. 316
Free Particle in General Coordinates Framep. 317
Minkowski Geometry formulated in General Coordinatesp. 320
Local Basis tetradsp. 321
Vector- and Tensor Fields in Minkowski Coordinatesp. 323
Vector- and Tensor Fields in General Coordinatesp. 324
Affine Connections and Covariant Derivativesp. 327
Torsion tensorp. 329
Covariant Time Derivative and Accelerationp. 331
Curvature Tensor as Covariant Curl of Affine Connectionp. 331
Riemann Curvature Tensorp. 335
Curvilinear Versions of Levi-Civita Tensorp. 337
Notes and Referencesp. 340
Torsion and Curvature from Defectsp. 342
Multivalued Infinitesimal Coordinate Transformationsp. 343
Examples for Nonholonomic Coordinate Transformationsp. 348
Dislocationp. 348
Disclinationp. 350
Differential-Geometric Properties of Affine Spacesp. 350
Integrability of Metric and Affine Connectionp. 351
Local Parallelismp. 352
Circuit Integrals in Affine Spaces with Curvature and Torsionp. 355
Closed-Contour Integral over Parallel Vector Fieldp. 355
Closed-Contour Integral over Coordinatesp. 356
Closure Failure and Burgers Vectorp. 357
Alternative Circuit Integral for Curvaturep. 357
Parallelism in World Crystalp. 358
Bianchi Identities for Curvature and Torsion Tensorsp. 359
Special Coordinates in Riemann Spacetimep. 361
Geodesic Coordinatesp. 361
Canonical Geodesic Coordinatesp. 363
Harmonic Coordinatesp. 365
Coordinates with det(g[subscript mu nu]) = 1p. 367
Orthogonal Coordinatesp. 367
Number of Independent Components of R[subscript mu nu lambda superscript kappa] and S[subscript mu nu superscript lambda]p. 369
Two Dimensionsp. 369
Three Dimensionsp. 371
Four or More Dimensionsp. 371
Notes and Referencesp. 373
Curvature and Torsion from Embeddingp. 374
Spacetimes with Constant Curvaturep. 374
Basis Vectorsp. 375
Torsionp. 379
Notes and Referencesp. 379
Multivalued Mapping Principlep. 380
Motion of Point Particlep. 381
Classical Action Principle for Spaces with Curvaturep. 381
Autoparallel Trajectories in Spaces with Torsionp. 381
Equations of Motion For Spinp. 387
Special Properties of Gradient Torsionp. 387
Autoparallel Trajectories from Embeddingp. 388
Special Role of Autoparallelsp. 388
Gauss Principle of Least Constraintp. 389
Maxwell-Lorentz Orbits as Autoparallel Trajectoriesp. 390
Bargmann-Michel-Telegdi Equation from Torsionp. 391
Notes and Referencesp. 391
Field Equations of Gravitationp. 393
Invariant Actionp. 393
Energy-Momentum Tensor and Spin Densityp. 396
Symmetric Energy-Momentum Tensor and Defect Densityp. 401
Notes and Referencesp. 403
Minimally Coupled Fields of Integer Spinp. 404
Scalar Fields in Riemann-Cartan Spacep. 404
Electromagnetism in Riemann-Cartan Spacep. 406
Notes and Referencesp. 409
Particles with Half-Integer Spinp. 410
Local Lorentz Invariance and Anholonomic Coordinatesp. 410
Nonholonomic Image of Dirac Actionp. 410
Vierbein Fieldsp. 413
Local Inertial Framesp. 414
Difference between Vierbein and Multivalued Tetrad Fieldsp. 416
Covariant Derivatives in Intermediate Basisp. 417
Dirac Action in Riemann-Cartan Spacep. 420
Ricci Identityp. 422
Alternative Form of Couplingp. 422
Invariant Action for Vector Fieldsp. 423
Verifying Local Lorentz Invariancep. 426
Field Equations with Spinning Matterp. 427
Notes and Referencesp. 431
Covariant Conservation Lawp. 432
Spin Densityp. 432
Energy-Momentum Densityp. 434
Covariant Derivation of Conservation Lawsp. 437
Matter with Integer Spinp. 438
Relations between Conservation Laws and Bianchi Identitiesp. 440
Particle Trajectories from Energy-Momentum Conservationp. 442
Notes and Referencesp. 443
Gravitation of Spinning Matter as a Gauge Theoryp. 444
Local Lorentz Transformationsp. 444
Local Translationsp. 446
Notes and Referencesp. 447
Evanescent Properties of Torsion in Gravityp. 448
Local Four-Fermion Interaction due to Torsionp. 448
No Need for Torsion in Gravityp. 451
Scalar Fieldsp. 453
Only Spin-1/2 Sourcesp. 453
Modified Energy-Momentum Conservation Lawp. 455
Solution for Gradient Torsionp. 456
Gradient Torsion coupled to Scalar Fieldsp. 457
New Scalar Productp. 458
Self-Interacting Higgs Fieldp. 459
Summaryp. 459
Notes and Referencesp. 460
Teleparallel Theory of Gravitationp. 463
Torsion Form of Einstein Actionp. 463
Schwarzschild Solutionp. 469
Notes and Referencesp. 473
Emerging Gravityp. 474
Gravity in the World Crystalp. 474
Gravity Emerging from Fluctuations of Matter and Radiationp. 478
Notes and Referencesp. 480
Indexp. 481
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