Preface |
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1 | (8) |
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2 | (1) |
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3 | (2) |
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1.3 Wigner's Little Groups |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (3) |
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2 Einstein's Philosophical Base |
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9 | (12) |
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10 | (1) |
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2.2 Geographic Origin of Kantianism and Taoism |
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11 | (2) |
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2.3 Kantian Influence on Einstein |
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13 | (3) |
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2.4 Hegelian Approach to the History of Physics |
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16 | (1) |
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2.5 Einstein between Kant and Hegel |
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17 | (1) |
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2.6 Born's Reciprocity Principle |
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18 | (1) |
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18 | (3) |
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21 | (12) |
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3.1 Einstein's Bern, the Birth Place of E = mc2 |
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22 | (3) |
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3.2 Einstein's Contribution to Quantum World |
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25 | (3) |
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3.3 Experimental Verification of Einstein's Special Relativity |
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28 | (5) |
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4 Einstein in the United States |
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33 | (20) |
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4.1 Einstein in Princeton |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (4) |
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4.3 Einstein in Washington |
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40 | (3) |
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4.4 Einstein and the First Nuclear Bomb |
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43 | (5) |
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4.5 Heisenberg on Einstein |
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48 | (5) |
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5 Introduction to the Lorentz Group |
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53 | (12) |
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5.1 Lie Algebra of the Lorentz Group |
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54 | (2) |
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5.2 2×2 Representation of the Lorentz Group |
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56 | (3) |
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5.3 Four-vectors in the 2×2 Representation |
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59 | (2) |
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5.4 Subgroups of the Lorentz Group |
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61 | (1) |
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5.5 Transformation Properties in the 2×2 Representation |
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62 | (1) |
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5.6 Decompositions of the SL(2, c) Matrices |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (20) |
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67 | (3) |
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6.2 Wigner's Little Groups |
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70 | (3) |
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73 | (2) |
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75 | (3) |
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6.5 Massless Particle as a Limiting Case of a Massive Particle |
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78 | (4) |
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82 | (3) |
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7 Lorentz Completion of the Little Groups |
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85 | (20) |
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86 | (1) |
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7.2 Loop Representation of Wigner's Little Groups |
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87 | (3) |
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7.3 Parity, Time Reversal, and Charge Conjugation |
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90 | (2) |
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7.4 Dirac Matrices as a Representation of the Little Group |
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92 | (3) |
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7.5 Polarization of Massless Neutrinos |
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95 | (1) |
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7.6 Scalars, Vectors, and Tensors |
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96 | (9) |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (2) |
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102 | (3) |
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8 Lorentz-covariant Harmonic Oscillators |
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105 | (22) |
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105 | (2) |
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8.2 Dirac's Approach to Lorentz-covariant Wave Functions |
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107 | (2) |
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8.3 Running Waves and Standing Waves |
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109 | (4) |
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8.4 Little Groups for Relativistic Extended Particles |
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113 | (2) |
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8.5 Transformation Properties of the Covariant Oscillator Wave Functions |
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115 | (2) |
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8.6 Lorentz Contraction of Harmonic Oscillators |
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117 | (2) |
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8.7 Physical Principles in Quantum Field Theory and in Covariant Oscillator Formalism |
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119 | (5) |
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8.7.1 Physical Principles in Quantum Field Theory |
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122 | (1) |
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8.7.2 Physical Principles in the Covariant Oscillator Formalism |
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123 | (1) |
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8.8 Further Field Theoretic Concepts in the Covariant Oscillator Formalism |
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124 | (3) |
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127 | (20) |
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127 | (1) |
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9.2 Evolution of the Hydrogen Atom |
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128 | (2) |
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9.3 Lorentz-covariant Quark Model |
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130 | (1) |
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9.4 Feynman's Parton Picture |
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131 | (5) |
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9.5 Proton Structure Function |
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136 | (3) |
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9.6 Proton Form Factor and Lorentz Coherence |
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139 | (4) |
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9.7 Coherence in Momentum-Energy Space |
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143 | (4) |
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10 Feynman's Rest of the Universe |
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147 | (20) |
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148 | (3) |
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10.2 Coupled Oscillators and Covariant Oscillators |
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151 | (2) |
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10.3 Entangled Oscillators |
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153 | (2) |
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10.4 Density Matrix and Entropy |
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155 | (1) |
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10.5 Entropy and Lorentz Transformation |
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156 | (3) |
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10.6 Hadronic Temperature |
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159 | (2) |
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10.7 Quark-Parton Phase Transitions |
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161 | (1) |
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10.8 Wigner Functions and Uncertainty Relations |
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162 | (3) |
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10.9 Lorentz-invariant Uncertainty Relation |
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165 | (2) |
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11 Further Applications of the Lorentz Group |
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167 | (8) |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (2) |
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11.3 Coherent States and Squeezed States |
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171 | (2) |
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11.4 Entanglement Problems |
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173 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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