The Dirac equation in curved spacetime : a guide for calculations /: a guide for calculations. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter Collas, David Klein.
• Authors: Collas, Peter; Klein, David
• Contents: Intro; Contents; 1 Introduction; References; 2 The Dirac Equation in Special Relativity; 2.1 Review of the Dirac Equation; 2.2 Plane Wave Solutions in the Standard Representation; 2.3 The Hamiltonian, Energy and Spin Operators; References; 3 The Spinorial Covariant Derivative; 3.1 The Fock-Ivanenko Coefficients; 3.2 The Dirac Hamiltonian in Curved Spacetime; 3.3 Transformation Properties of the Spin Operator; 3.4 The Ricci Rotation Coefficient Approach; 3.5 The Electromagnetic Interaction; 3.6 The Newman-Penrose Formalism; References; 4 Examples in (3+1) GR; 4.1 Schwarzschild Spacetime F-I 4.2 Schwarzschild Spacetime N-P4.3 Nonfactorizable Metric; 4.4 de Sitter Spacetime, Fermi Coordinates; References; 5 The Dirac Equation in (1+1) GR; 5.1 Introduction to (1+1); 5.2 The Dirac Equation in the Milne Universe; References; 6 The Dirac Equation in (2+1) GR; 6.1 Introduction to (2+1); 6.2 The Dirac Equation in the Schrödinger Universe; References; 7 Scalar Product; 7.1 Conservation of j Special Relativity; 7.2 The Current Density in General Relativity; 7.3 The Scalar Product in Special Relativity; 7.4 The Scalar Product in General Relativity; 7.5 Example: The Closed FRW Universe
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 109 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 530.1201/51; Dirac equation; Relativistic quantum theory -- Mathematics; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030148256; 3030148254
• Related ISBNs: 9783030148249; 3030148246
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 28, 2019).
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