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作者: (Wu-Ki Tung)
2011-01
版次: 1
ISBN: 9787510029554
定价: 49.00
装帧: 平装
开本: 24开
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 344页
正文语种: 英语
分类: 自然科学
103人买过
  • grouptheoryprovidesthenaturalmathematicallanguagetoformulatesymmetryprinciplesandtoderivetheirconsequencesinmathematicsandinphysics.the"specialfunctions"ofmathematicalphysics,whichpervademathematicalanalysis,classicalphysics,andquantummechanics,invariablyoriginatefromunderlyingsymmetriesoftheproblemalthoughthetraditionalpresentationofsuchtopicsmaynotexpresslyemphasizethisuniversalfeature.moderndevelopmentsinallbranchesofphysicsareputtingmoreandmoreemphasisontheroleofsymmetriesoftheunderlyingphysicalsystems.thustheuseofgrouptheoryhasbecomeincreasinglyimportantinrecentyears.however,theincorporationofgrouptheoryintotheundergraduateorgraduatephysicscurriculumofmostuniversitieshasnotkeptupwiththisdevelopment.atbest,thissubjectisofferedasaspecialtopiccourse,cateringtoarestrictedclassofstudents.symptomaticofthisunfortunategapisthelackofsuitabletextbooksongeneralgroup-theoreticalmethodsinphysicsforallseriousstudentsofexperimentalandtheoreticalphysicsatthebeginninggraduateandadvancedundergraduatelevel.thisbookiswrittentomeetpreciselythisneed.
    therealreadyexist,ofcourse,manybooksongrouptheoryanditsapplicationsinphysics.foremostamongthesearetheoldclassicsbyweyl,wigner,andvanderwaerden.forapplicationstoatomicandmolecularphysics,andtocrystallatticesinsolidstateandchemicalphysics,therearemanyelementarytextbooksemphasizingpointgroups,spacegroups,andtherotationgroup.reflectingtheimportantroleplayedbygrouptheoryinmodernelementaryparticletheory,manycurrentbooksexpoundonthetheoryofliegroupsandliealgebraswithemphasissuitableforhighenergytheoreticalphysics.finally,thereareseveralusefulgeneraltextsongrouptheoryfeaturingcomprehensivenessandmathematicalrigorwrittenforthemoremathematicallyorientedaudience.experienceindicates,however,thatformoststudents,itisdifficulttofindasuitablemodernintroductorytextwhichisbothgeneralandreadilyunderstandable. preface
    chapter1introduction
    1.1particleonaone-dimensionallattice
    1.2representationsofthediscretetranslationoperators
    1.3physicalconsequencesoftranslationalsymmetry
    1.4therepresentationfunctionsandfourieranalysis
    1.5symmetrygroupsofphysics

    chapter2basicgrouptheory
    2.1basicdefinitionsandsimpleexamples
    2.2furtherexamples,subgroups
    2.3therearrangementlemmaandthesymmetric(permutation)group
    2.4classesandinvariantsubgroups
    2.5cosetsandfactor(quotient)groups
    2.6homomorphisms
    2.7directproductsproblems

    chapter3grouprepresentations
    3.1representations
    3.2irreducible,inequivalentrepresentations
    3.3unitaryrepresentations
    3.4schur'slemmas
    3.5orthonormalityandcompletenessrelationsofirreduciblerepresentationmatrices
    3.6orthonormalityandcompletenessrelationsofirreduciblecharacters
    3.7theregularrepresentation
    3.8directproductrepresentations,clebsch-gordancoefficientsproblems

    chapter4generalpropertiesofirreduciblevectorsandoperators
    4.1irreduciblebasisvectors
    4.2thereductionofvectors——projectionoperatorsforirreduciblecomponents
    4.3irreducibleoperatorsandthewigner-eckarttheoremproblems

    chapter5representationsofthesymmetricgroups
    5.1one-dimensionalrepresentations
    5.2partitionsandyoungdiagrams
    5.3symmetrizersandanti-symmetrizersofyoungtableaux
    5.4irreduciblerepresentationsofsn
    5.5symmetryclassesoftensorsproblems

    chapter6one-dimensionalcontinuousgroups
    6.1therotationgroupso(2)
    6.2thegeneratorofso(2)
    6.3irreduciblerepresentationsofso(2)
    6.4invariantintegrationmeasure,orthonormalityandcompletenessrelations
    6.5multi-valuedrepresentations
    6.6continuoustranslationalgroupinonedimension
    6.7conjugatebasisvectorsproblems

    chapter7rotationsinthree-dimensionalspace——thegroupso(3)
    7.1descriptionofthegroupso(3)
    7.1.1theangle-and-axisparameterization
    7.1.2theeulerangles
    7.2oneparametersubgroups,generators,andtheliealgebra
    7.3irreduciblerepresentationsoftheso(3)liealgebra
    7.4propertiesoftherotationalmatricesdj(a,fl,7)
    7.5applicationtoparticleinacentralpotential
    7.5.1characterizationofstates
    7.5.2asymptoticplanewavestates
    7.5.3partialwavedecomposition
    7.5.4summary
    7.6transformationpropertiesofwavefunctionsandoperators
    7.7directproductrepresentationsandtheirreduction
    7.8irreducibletensorsandthewigner-eckarttheoremproblems

    chapter8thegroupsu(2)andmoreaboutso(3)
    8.1therelationshipbetweenso(3)andsu(2)
    8.2invariantintegration
    8.30rthonormalityandcompletenessrelationsofdj
    8.4projectionoperatorsandtheirphysicalapplications
    8.4.1singleparticlestatewithspill
    8.4.2twoparticlestateswithspin
    8.4.3partialwaveexpansionfortwoparticlescatteringwithspin
    8.5differentialequationssatisfiedbythedj-functions
    8.6grouptheoreticalinterpretationofsphericalharmonics
    8.6.1transformationunderrotation
    8.6.2additiontheorem
    8.6.3decompositionofproductsofyimwiththesamearguments
    8.6.4recursionformulas
    8.6.5symmetryinm
    8.6.60rthonormalityandcompleteness
    8.6.7summaryremarks
    8.7multipoleradiationoftheelectromagneticfieldproblems

    chapter9euclideangroupsintwo-andthree-dimensionalspace
    9.1theeuclideangroupintwo-dimensionalspacee2
    9.2unitaryirreduciblerepresentationsofe2——theangular-momentumbasis
    9.3theinducedrepresentationmethodandtheplane-wavebasis
    9.4differentialequations,recursionformulas,andadditiontheoremofthebesselfunction
    9.5groupcontraction——so(3)ande2
    9.6theeuclideangroupinthreedimensions:e3
    9.7unitaryirreduciblerepresentationsofe3bytheinducedrepresentationmethod
    9.8angularmomentumbasisandthesphericalbesselfunctionproblems

    chapter10thelorentzandpoincariegroups,andspace-timesymmetries
    10.1thelorentzandpoincaregroups
    10.1.1homogeneouslorentztransformations
    10.1.2theproperlorentzgroup
    10.1.3decompositionoflorentztransformations
    10.1.4relationoftheproperlorentzgrouptosl(2)
    10.1.5four-dimensionaltranslationsandthepoincaregroup
    10.2generatorsandtheliealgeebra
    10.3irreduciblerepresentationsoftheproperlorentzgroup
    10.3.1equivalenceoftheliealgebratosu(2)xsu(2)
    10.3.2finitedimensionalrepresentations
    10.3.3unitaryrepresentations
    10.4unitaryirreduciblerepresentationsofthepoincaregroup
    10.4.1nullvectorcase(pu=0)
    10.4.2time-likevectorcase(c1>30)
    10.4.3thesecondcasimiroperator
    10.4.4light-likecase(c1=0)
    10.4.5space-likecase(c1<0)
    10.4.6covariantnormalizationofbasisstatesandintegrationmeasure
    10.5relationbetweenrepresentationsofthelorentzandpoincaregroups-relativisticwavefunctions,fields,andwaveequations
    10.5.1wavefunctionsandfieldoperators
    10.5.2relativisticwaveequationsandtheplanewaveexpansion
    10.5.3thelorentz-poincareconnection
    10.5.4"deriving"relativisticwaveequationsproblems

    chapter11spaceinversioninvariance
    11.1spaceinversionintwo-dimensionaleuclideanspace
    11.1.ithegroup0(2)
    11.1.2irreduciblerepresentationsof0(2)
    11.1.3theextendedeuclideangroupe2anditsirreduciblerepresentations
    11.2spaceinversioninthree-dimensionaleuclideanspace
    11.2.1thegroup0(3)anditsirreduciblerepresentations
    11.2.2theextendedeuclideangroupe3anditsirreduciblerepresentations
    11.3spaceinversioninfour-dimensionalminkowskispace
    11.3.1thecompletelorentzgroupanditsirreduciblerepresentations
    11.3.2theextendedpoincaregroupanditsirreduciblerepresentations
    11.4generalphysicalconsequencesofspaceinversion
    11.4.1eigenstatesofangularmomentumandparity
    11.4.2scatteringamplitudesandelectromagneticmultipoletransitionsproblems

    chapter12timereversalinvariance
    12.1preliminarydiscussion
    12.2timereversalinvarianceinclassicalphysics
    12.3problemswithlinearrealizationoftimereversaltransformation
    12.4theanti-unitarytimereversaloperator
    12.5irreduciblerepresentationsofthefullpoincaregroupinthetime-likecase
    12.6irreduciblerepresentationsinthelight-likecase(c1=c2=0)
    12.7physicalconsequencesoftimereversalinvariance
    12.7.1timereversalandangularmomentumeigenstates
    12.7.2time-reversalsymmetryoftransitionamplitudes
    12.7.3timereversalinvarianceandperturbationamplitudesproblems

    chapter13finite-dimensionalrepresentationsoftheclassicalgroups
    13.1gl(m):fundamentalrepresentationsandtheassociatedvectorspaces
    13.2tensorsinvxv,contraction,andgl(m)transformations
    13.3irreduciblerepresentationsofgl(m)onthespaceofgeneraltensors
    13.4irreduciblerepresentationsofotherclassicallineargroups
    13.4.1unitarygroupsu(m)andu(m+,m_)
    13.4.2speciallineargroupssl(m)andspecialunitarygroupssu(m+,m_)
    13.4.3therealorthogonalgroupo(m+,m_;r)andthespecialrealorthogonalgroupso(m+,m_;r)
    13.5concludingremarksproblemsappendixinotationsandsymbols
    i.1summationconvention
    i.2vectorsandvectorindices
    i.3matrixindices
    appendixiisummaryoflinearvectorspaces
    ii.1linearvectorspace
    ii.2lineartransformations(operators)onvectorspaces
    ii.3matrixrepresentationoflinearoperators
    ii.4dualspace,adjointoperators
    ii.5inner(scalar)productandinnerproductspace
    ii.6lineartransformations(operators)oninnerproductspaces
    appendixillgroupalgebraandthereductionofregularrepresentation
    iii.1groupalgebra
    1ii.2leftideals,projectionoperators
    iii.3idempotents
    iii.4completereductionoftheregularrepresentation
    appendixivsupplementstothetheoryofsymmetricgroupssn
    appependixvclebsch-gordancoefficientsandsphericalharmonics
    appendixvirotationalandlorentzspinors
    appendixviiunitaryrepresentationsoftheproperlorentzgroup
    appendixviiianti-linearoperators
    referencesandbibliography
    index
  • 内容简介:
    grouptheoryprovidesthenaturalmathematicallanguagetoformulatesymmetryprinciplesandtoderivetheirconsequencesinmathematicsandinphysics.the"specialfunctions"ofmathematicalphysics,whichpervademathematicalanalysis,classicalphysics,andquantummechanics,invariablyoriginatefromunderlyingsymmetriesoftheproblemalthoughthetraditionalpresentationofsuchtopicsmaynotexpresslyemphasizethisuniversalfeature.moderndevelopmentsinallbranchesofphysicsareputtingmoreandmoreemphasisontheroleofsymmetriesoftheunderlyingphysicalsystems.thustheuseofgrouptheoryhasbecomeincreasinglyimportantinrecentyears.however,theincorporationofgrouptheoryintotheundergraduateorgraduatephysicscurriculumofmostuniversitieshasnotkeptupwiththisdevelopment.atbest,thissubjectisofferedasaspecialtopiccourse,cateringtoarestrictedclassofstudents.symptomaticofthisunfortunategapisthelackofsuitabletextbooksongeneralgroup-theoreticalmethodsinphysicsforallseriousstudentsofexperimentalandtheoreticalphysicsatthebeginninggraduateandadvancedundergraduatelevel.thisbookiswrittentomeetpreciselythisneed.
    therealreadyexist,ofcourse,manybooksongrouptheoryanditsapplicationsinphysics.foremostamongthesearetheoldclassicsbyweyl,wigner,andvanderwaerden.forapplicationstoatomicandmolecularphysics,andtocrystallatticesinsolidstateandchemicalphysics,therearemanyelementarytextbooksemphasizingpointgroups,spacegroups,andtherotationgroup.reflectingtheimportantroleplayedbygrouptheoryinmodernelementaryparticletheory,manycurrentbooksexpoundonthetheoryofliegroupsandliealgebraswithemphasissuitableforhighenergytheoreticalphysics.finally,thereareseveralusefulgeneraltextsongrouptheoryfeaturingcomprehensivenessandmathematicalrigorwrittenforthemoremathematicallyorientedaudience.experienceindicates,however,thatformoststudents,itisdifficulttofindasuitablemodernintroductorytextwhichisbothgeneralandreadilyunderstandable.
  • 目录:
    preface
    chapter1introduction
    1.1particleonaone-dimensionallattice
    1.2representationsofthediscretetranslationoperators
    1.3physicalconsequencesoftranslationalsymmetry
    1.4therepresentationfunctionsandfourieranalysis
    1.5symmetrygroupsofphysics

    chapter2basicgrouptheory
    2.1basicdefinitionsandsimpleexamples
    2.2furtherexamples,subgroups
    2.3therearrangementlemmaandthesymmetric(permutation)group
    2.4classesandinvariantsubgroups
    2.5cosetsandfactor(quotient)groups
    2.6homomorphisms
    2.7directproductsproblems

    chapter3grouprepresentations
    3.1representations
    3.2irreducible,inequivalentrepresentations
    3.3unitaryrepresentations
    3.4schur'slemmas
    3.5orthonormalityandcompletenessrelationsofirreduciblerepresentationmatrices
    3.6orthonormalityandcompletenessrelationsofirreduciblecharacters
    3.7theregularrepresentation
    3.8directproductrepresentations,clebsch-gordancoefficientsproblems

    chapter4generalpropertiesofirreduciblevectorsandoperators
    4.1irreduciblebasisvectors
    4.2thereductionofvectors——projectionoperatorsforirreduciblecomponents
    4.3irreducibleoperatorsandthewigner-eckarttheoremproblems

    chapter5representationsofthesymmetricgroups
    5.1one-dimensionalrepresentations
    5.2partitionsandyoungdiagrams
    5.3symmetrizersandanti-symmetrizersofyoungtableaux
    5.4irreduciblerepresentationsofsn
    5.5symmetryclassesoftensorsproblems

    chapter6one-dimensionalcontinuousgroups
    6.1therotationgroupso(2)
    6.2thegeneratorofso(2)
    6.3irreduciblerepresentationsofso(2)
    6.4invariantintegrationmeasure,orthonormalityandcompletenessrelations
    6.5multi-valuedrepresentations
    6.6continuoustranslationalgroupinonedimension
    6.7conjugatebasisvectorsproblems

    chapter7rotationsinthree-dimensionalspace——thegroupso(3)
    7.1descriptionofthegroupso(3)
    7.1.1theangle-and-axisparameterization
    7.1.2theeulerangles
    7.2oneparametersubgroups,generators,andtheliealgebra
    7.3irreduciblerepresentationsoftheso(3)liealgebra
    7.4propertiesoftherotationalmatricesdj(a,fl,7)
    7.5applicationtoparticleinacentralpotential
    7.5.1characterizationofstates
    7.5.2asymptoticplanewavestates
    7.5.3partialwavedecomposition
    7.5.4summary
    7.6transformationpropertiesofwavefunctionsandoperators
    7.7directproductrepresentationsandtheirreduction
    7.8irreducibletensorsandthewigner-eckarttheoremproblems

    chapter8thegroupsu(2)andmoreaboutso(3)
    8.1therelationshipbetweenso(3)andsu(2)
    8.2invariantintegration
    8.30rthonormalityandcompletenessrelationsofdj
    8.4projectionoperatorsandtheirphysicalapplications
    8.4.1singleparticlestatewithspill
    8.4.2twoparticlestateswithspin
    8.4.3partialwaveexpansionfortwoparticlescatteringwithspin
    8.5differentialequationssatisfiedbythedj-functions
    8.6grouptheoreticalinterpretationofsphericalharmonics
    8.6.1transformationunderrotation
    8.6.2additiontheorem
    8.6.3decompositionofproductsofyimwiththesamearguments
    8.6.4recursionformulas
    8.6.5symmetryinm
    8.6.60rthonormalityandcompleteness
    8.6.7summaryremarks
    8.7multipoleradiationoftheelectromagneticfieldproblems

    chapter9euclideangroupsintwo-andthree-dimensionalspace
    9.1theeuclideangroupintwo-dimensionalspacee2
    9.2unitaryirreduciblerepresentationsofe2——theangular-momentumbasis
    9.3theinducedrepresentationmethodandtheplane-wavebasis
    9.4differentialequations,recursionformulas,andadditiontheoremofthebesselfunction
    9.5groupcontraction——so(3)ande2
    9.6theeuclideangroupinthreedimensions:e3
    9.7unitaryirreduciblerepresentationsofe3bytheinducedrepresentationmethod
    9.8angularmomentumbasisandthesphericalbesselfunctionproblems

    chapter10thelorentzandpoincariegroups,andspace-timesymmetries
    10.1thelorentzandpoincaregroups
    10.1.1homogeneouslorentztransformations
    10.1.2theproperlorentzgroup
    10.1.3decompositionoflorentztransformations
    10.1.4relationoftheproperlorentzgrouptosl(2)
    10.1.5four-dimensionaltranslationsandthepoincaregroup
    10.2generatorsandtheliealgeebra
    10.3irreduciblerepresentationsoftheproperlorentzgroup
    10.3.1equivalenceoftheliealgebratosu(2)xsu(2)
    10.3.2finitedimensionalrepresentations
    10.3.3unitaryrepresentations
    10.4unitaryirreduciblerepresentationsofthepoincaregroup
    10.4.1nullvectorcase(pu=0)
    10.4.2time-likevectorcase(c1>30)
    10.4.3thesecondcasimiroperator
    10.4.4light-likecase(c1=0)
    10.4.5space-likecase(c1<0)
    10.4.6covariantnormalizationofbasisstatesandintegrationmeasure
    10.5relationbetweenrepresentationsofthelorentzandpoincaregroups-relativisticwavefunctions,fields,andwaveequations
    10.5.1wavefunctionsandfieldoperators
    10.5.2relativisticwaveequationsandtheplanewaveexpansion
    10.5.3thelorentz-poincareconnection
    10.5.4"deriving"relativisticwaveequationsproblems

    chapter11spaceinversioninvariance
    11.1spaceinversionintwo-dimensionaleuclideanspace
    11.1.ithegroup0(2)
    11.1.2irreduciblerepresentationsof0(2)
    11.1.3theextendedeuclideangroupe2anditsirreduciblerepresentations
    11.2spaceinversioninthree-dimensionaleuclideanspace
    11.2.1thegroup0(3)anditsirreduciblerepresentations
    11.2.2theextendedeuclideangroupe3anditsirreduciblerepresentations
    11.3spaceinversioninfour-dimensionalminkowskispace
    11.3.1thecompletelorentzgroupanditsirreduciblerepresentations
    11.3.2theextendedpoincaregroupanditsirreduciblerepresentations
    11.4generalphysicalconsequencesofspaceinversion
    11.4.1eigenstatesofangularmomentumandparity
    11.4.2scatteringamplitudesandelectromagneticmultipoletransitionsproblems

    chapter12timereversalinvariance
    12.1preliminarydiscussion
    12.2timereversalinvarianceinclassicalphysics
    12.3problemswithlinearrealizationoftimereversaltransformation
    12.4theanti-unitarytimereversaloperator
    12.5irreduciblerepresentationsofthefullpoincaregroupinthetime-likecase
    12.6irreduciblerepresentationsinthelight-likecase(c1=c2=0)
    12.7physicalconsequencesoftimereversalinvariance
    12.7.1timereversalandangularmomentumeigenstates
    12.7.2time-reversalsymmetryoftransitionamplitudes
    12.7.3timereversalinvarianceandperturbationamplitudesproblems

    chapter13finite-dimensionalrepresentationsoftheclassicalgroups
    13.1gl(m):fundamentalrepresentationsandtheassociatedvectorspaces
    13.2tensorsinvxv,contraction,andgl(m)transformations
    13.3irreduciblerepresentationsofgl(m)onthespaceofgeneraltensors
    13.4irreduciblerepresentationsofotherclassicallineargroups
    13.4.1unitarygroupsu(m)andu(m+,m_)
    13.4.2speciallineargroupssl(m)andspecialunitarygroupssu(m+,m_)
    13.4.3therealorthogonalgroupo(m+,m_;r)andthespecialrealorthogonalgroupso(m+,m_;r)
    13.5concludingremarksproblemsappendixinotationsandsymbols
    i.1summationconvention
    i.2vectorsandvectorindices
    i.3matrixindices
    appendixiisummaryoflinearvectorspaces
    ii.1linearvectorspace
    ii.2lineartransformations(operators)onvectorspaces
    ii.3matrixrepresentationoflinearoperators
    ii.4dualspace,adjointoperators
    ii.5inner(scalar)productandinnerproductspace
    ii.6lineartransformations(operators)oninnerproductspaces
    appendixillgroupalgebraandthereductionofregularrepresentation
    iii.1groupalgebra
    1ii.2leftideals,projectionoperators
    iii.3idempotents
    iii.4completereductionoftheregularrepresentation
    appendixivsupplementstothetheoryofsymmetricgroupssn
    appependixvclebsch-gordancoefficientsandsphericalharmonics
    appendixvirotationalandlorentzspinors
    appendixviiunitaryrepresentationsoftheproperlorentzgroup
    appendixviiianti-linearoperators
    referencesandbibliography
    index
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