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:
| ISBN: | 9780750334297 |
| Publication date: | 24th April 2024 |
| Author: | Vladimir Pascalutsa |
| Publisher: | IOP Publishing an imprint of Institute of Physics Publishing |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 140 pages |
| Series: | IOP Ebooks |
| Genres: |
Optical physics Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory) |
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:
Causality Rules in Light-by-Light and Compton Scattering features in the following genres: Optical physics, Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum field theory)
Causality Rules in Light-by-Light and Compton Scattering is available in Hardback
Causality Rules in Light-by-Light and Compton Scattering was written by Vladimir Pascalutsa and published by IOP Publishing an imprint of Institute of Physics Publishing
Causality Rules in Light-by-Light and Compton Scattering has 140 pages
Yes it is part of IOP Ebooks series
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