Spinors in Four-Dimensional Spaces (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780817649838)

Without using the customary Clifford algebras frequently studied in connection with the representations of orthogonal groups, this book gives an elementary introduction to the two-component spinor formalism for four-dimensional spaces with any signature. Some of the useful applications of four-dimensional spinors, such as Yang-Mills theory, are derived in detail using illustrative examples. Spinors in Four-Dimensional Spaces is aimed at graduate students and researchers in mathematical and theoretical physics interested in the applications of the two-component spinor formalism in any four-dimensional vector space or Riemannian manifold with a definite or indefinite metric tensor. This systematic and self-contained book is suitable as a seminar text, a reference book, and a self-study guide.

Author: Gerardo F. Torres del Castillo
ISBN-10: 0817649832
ISBN-13: 9780817649838
Publisher: Birkhauser
Language: English
Published: 08/05/2010
Pages: 177
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d