Lie Algebras In Particle Physics: from Isospin To Unified Theories / Edition 1

by Howard Georgi

Overview

In this book, the author convinces that Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington had things a little bit wrong, as least as far as physics is concerned. He explores the theory of groups and Lie algebras and their representations to use group representations as labor-saving tools.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738202334
Publisher:	Westview Press
Publication date:	10/22/1999
Series:	Frontiers in Physics , #54
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	340
Sales rank:	601,957
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Howard Georgi is professor of physics at Harvard University.

Table of Contents

WHy Group Theory? — 1 Finite Groups — 2 Lie Groups — 3 SU(2) — 4 Tentor OPerators — 5 Isopin — 6 Roots and Weights — 7 SU(3) — 8 Simple Roots — 9 More SU(3) — 10 Tentor Methods — 11 Hypercharge and Strangeness — 12 Young Tableaux — 13 SU(N) — 14 3-D Harmonic Oscillator — 15 SU(6) and Quark Model — 16 Color — 17 Constituent Quarks — 18 UNifiec THeories and SU(5) — 19 THe Classical Groups — 20 The Classification Theorem — 21 SO(2n+1) and Spinors — 22 SO(2n+2) Spinors — 23 SU(3)&SO(2n) — 24 SO(10) — 25 Automorphisms — 26 Sp(2n) — 27 Odds and Ends — Epilogue — Index.

Editorial Reviews

Georgi's Harvard lectures (he's taught physics there since 1980) discuss application of the theory of Lie Algebras and their representations to a wide variety of problems in particles physics and quantum mechanics. This edition has been expanded to include more extensive discussion of finite group theory and representations of the permutation group, as well as discussion of new subjects such as Dynkin indices, spontaneous symmetry breaking, lepton number as a fourth color, and the 27-dimensional representation of E(6). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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