Vladimir Pascalutsa

Causality Rules (Second Edition) (eBook, ePUB)

Dispersion theory in non-elementary particle physics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Causality: Cause and effect. In classical physics, an effect cannot occur before its cause. In Einstein's theory of special relativity, causality means that an effect cannot occur from a cause that is not in the back (past) light cone of that event.

The books cover the useful physical relations inferred by unitarity and causality. A famous example is the Kramers-Kronig relation for the refractive index of a gas or dilute medium. For example, in Chapter 3 generalises the Kramers-Kronig relation to relativistic medium, such as CMB (photon gas). These relations are extensively also used in particle and nuclear physics. Especially useful are the so-called "sum rules", such as the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn (GDH) or the Baldin sum rule.

The author notes that the first edition is too brief. In his teaching practice, he sees that is is challenging to use as a standalone text. He intends to improve the explanations of many topics that students found particularly challenging. The additional material will make the book more timely, self-contained, and logically complete.

Key Features:

• Modern book on a timely subject
• Classroom friendly and built on newly developed courses taught at a major Physics Department in Germany
• Advanced material written in simple non-technical language
• Includes pedagogical examples and discussions of the current forefront research

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780750334310
• Artikelnr.: 70623800

Autorenporträt

Vladimir Pascalutsa is a tenured scientist at the Institute for Nuclear Physics of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. Obtained PhD at the Institute for Theoretical Physics. Held postdoctoral positions at: NIKHEF (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Flinders University (Adelaide, Australia), Ohio University (Athens OH, USA), College of William and Mary (Williamsburg VA, USA), and the ECT* (Trento, Italy).