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空间、时间和物质都是物理学概念。张量计算和微分几何高度发展了数学体系。维森,P.S.著的《时空物质(第2版)(英文版)》这本书中讨论的就是涉及到物质本质的新理论。这些理论可以用任何维数来表达。所以可以和10维超对称,11维超重力和维数更高的弦理论联系起来。爱因斯坦的见解是这本书的基础,并且说明怎样理解他的关于连接几何域和物质的观点。读者对象:天体物理和数学等相关专业的研究人员。 -
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目录
Preface
1. CONCEPTS AND THEORIES OF PHYSICS
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Fundamental Constants
1.3 General Relativity
1.4 Particle Physics
1.5 Kaluza-Klein Theory
1.6 Supergravity and Superstrings
1.7 Conclusion
2. INDUCED-MATTER THEORY
2.1 Introduction
2.2 A 5D Embedding for 4D Matter
2.3 The Cosmological Case
2.4 The Soliton Case
2.5 The Case of Neutral Matter
2.6 Conclusion
3. THE CLASSICAL AND OTHER TESTS IN 5D
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The 1-Body Metric
3.3 Photon Orbits
3.4 Particle Orbits
3.5 The Redshift Effect
3.6 The Geodetic Effect and GP-B
3.7 The Equivalence Principle and STEP
3.8 Conclusion
4. COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPHYSICS IN 5D
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Standard Cosmological Model
4.3 Spherically-Symmetric Astrophysical Systems
4.4 Waves in a de Sitter Vacuum
4.5 Time-Dependent Solitons
4.6 Systems with Axial and Cylindrical Symmetry
4.7 Shell-Like and Flat Systems
4.8 Conclusion
5. 5D ELECTROMAGNETISM
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Metrics and Potentials
5.3 Geodesic Motion
5.4 Charged Solitons and Black Holes
5.5 Charged Black Hole Dynamics
5.6 Field Equations and Induced Matter
5.7 Conclusion
6. THE CANONICAL METRIC AND THE FIFTH FORCE
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Gauges in Kaluza-Klein Theory
6.3 The Field Equations and the Cosmological Constant
6.4 The Equations of Motion and the Fifth Force
6,5 Comments on the Fifth Force
6,6 A Toy Model
6.7 Conclusion
7. CANONICAL SOLUTIONS AND PHYSICAL QUANTITIES
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The Canonical 1-Body Solution
7.3 The Canonical Inflationary Solution
7.4 A Spinning Object in a 5D Space
7.5 The Nature of Mass and Charge
7.6 Particle Physics and Geometry
7.7 Conclusion
8. RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
Index
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