Spectral Analysis of Relativistic Operators (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781848162181)

Over the last decade, there has been considerable interest and progress in determining the spectral properties of various operators that take relativistic effects into account, with important implications for mathematics and physics. Difficulties are encountered in many-particle problems due to the lack of semiboundedness of the Dirac operator, and this has led to the investigation of operators like those of Chandrasekhar-Herbst and Brown-Ravenhall, which are semibounded under appropriate circumstances.This book contains an up-to-date, comprehensive and self-contained analysis of the spectral properties of these operators, providing the tools for anyone working in this area. Another major feature is the work of the authors on zero modes, a topic which has important significance for the stability of matter and other physical problems. Up until now, these topics have been scattered throughout the literature, without a systematic and cohesive treatment. The book will report largely on the progress on these topics published since 1992.

Author: William Desmond Evans,Alexander Balinsky
ISBN-10: 1848162189
ISBN-13: 9781848162181
Publisher: Imperial College Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2009
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.50w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 10/01/2011 pg. 220