
Hamiltonian Field Theory in the Radiating Regime
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 4. December 2001
Book
Hardback
VI, 174 pages
978-3-540-42884-8 (ISBN)
Description
In one ofthe fundamental notions is that any physical theory of of energy the hand: in mechanics at one considers the objects energy of, say, moving in fieldtheories is one interested inthe offield masses; energy configurations. A unified treatment of this which both to mechanics question, applies and to field Hamiltonian a formalism. We will theory, proceeds through shortly reviewbelowhowsuch iscarried aprocedure out inthe ofscalarfields theory Minkowski let at this on mention that an space time; us, stage, important often inthe isthat ofthe issue, ignored conditions sat textbooks, boundary isfied the set of fields under consideration. While by this issuecanbe safely for when the ignored usual field many purposes considering theories, such scalar fields or the = as on electromagnetism, ft constj hypersurfaces, where t is a it sometimes critical Minkowski time, a rolewhen other plays of classes are considered. Inthe of the hypersurfaces case situation is gravity for t= worse: even Minkowskian slicesthe f constj asymptotically boundary terms crucial. is ofthe are one main differencesbetweentheArnowitt (This Deser Misner for Sect. 5. 4 mass which is (ADM) gravity (cf. below), given a andthe usual for by boundary integral, field theories in energyexpression Minkowski wheretheHamiltonian is volume space time, a usually integral.
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Reviews / Votes
"The text is addressed to physicists and is not written in theorem-proof style, nor are the function spaces introduced equipped with explicit topologies and differentiable structures. However, all concepts are very carefully defined and necessary deviations from a rigorous treatment are clearly identified." (Mathematical Reviews 2003f)
"This monograph gives a comprehensive overview about Hamiltonian field theory with main application to the Einstein field equation. [...] Carefully prepared appendices and bibliography close this very readable book." (Zentralblatt MATH, 1002/02, 2003)
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Edition
2002 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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VI, 174 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
448 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-42884-8 (9783540428848)
DOI
10.1007/3-540-45604-X
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Content
Preliminaries.- Hamiltonian flows for geometric field theories.- Radiating scalar fields.- The energy of the gravitational field.- Hamiltonians associated with the BMS group.