洛伦兹与庞加不变性

出版时间：2001-12  出版社：Penguin  作者：Jong-Ping Hsu，Yuan-Zhong Zhang 著  页数：583  

内容概要

This collection of papers provides a broad view of the development of Lorentz and Poincaré invariance and spacetime symmetry throughout the past 100 years. The issues explored in these papers include: (1) formulations of relativity theories in which the speed of light is not a universal constant but which are consistent with the four-dimensional symmetry of the Lorentz and Poincaré groups and with experimental results, (2) analyses and discussions by Reichenbach concerning the concepts of simultaneity and physical time from a philosophical point of view, and (3) results achieved by the union of the relativity and quantum theories, marking the beginnings of quantum electrodynamics and relativistic quantum mechanics.     Ten of the fundamental experiments testing special relativity are also discussed, showing that they actually support a four-dimensional spacetime based on broad Lorentz and Poincaré invariance which is more general than and includes the special theory of relativity. The generalization of the concepts of simultaneity, physical time and the nature of the speed of light within a four-dimensional spacetime framework leads to the conclusion that the symmetries embodied by the special theory of relativity can be realized using only a single postulate - the principle of relativity for physical laws.

书籍目录

PrefaceAcknowledgementsRemarks on the Development of the Lorentz and Poincar6 InvariancePart Ⅰ. Theoretical Implications of Lorentz and Poineare Invarianee  1. The Dawn of Lorentz and Poincare Invariance (1887-1905)    First Proposal of the Universal Speed of Light by Voigt in 1887    The Ether and the Earth's Atmosphere    General Problem of Moving Matter Treated in Relation to    the Individual Molecules    Moving Material System: Approximation Carried to the    Second Order (Extract)    In Pursuit of the Electrodynamics for Moving Bodies  2. Special Relativity and its 4-Dimensional Symmetry (1904-1908)    Electromagnetic Phenomena in a System Moving with any Velocity    less than that "⌒f Light (Extract)    Poincar6's Rendiconti Paper on Relativity. Part I    On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies    The Principle of Relativity and the Ftmdamental Equations of Mechanics    Space and Time    The Theory of Relativity and Science (Extract)    Einstein's First Paper on Relativity    On the Origins of the Special Theory of Relativity (Extract)  3. Inquiries Regarding the Constancy of the Speed of Light(1908-1910)    The Postulate of the Constancy of the Speed of Light.    Ritz's and Related Theories (Extract)    Critical Researches on General Electrodynamics (Extract)  4. Extended Relativity and its 4-Dimensional Symmetry (1928-1997)    The Philosophy of Space and Time: Simultaneity (Extract)    Special Relativity in Anisotropic Space    Four-Dimensional Symmetry of Taiji Relativity and Coordinate    Transformation Based on a Weaker Postulate for the    Speed of Light. - I    Four-Dimensional Symmetry of Taiji Relativity and Coordinate    Transformation Based on a Weaker Postulate for the    Speed of Light. - II  5. The Splendid Union of Special Relativity and Quantum Mechanics(1927-1949)    The Quantum Theory of the Emission and Absorption of Radiation    The Quantum Theory of the Electron    The Radiation Theories of Tomonaga, Schwinger, and Feynman(with commentary)  ……Part Ⅱ. Experiments for Lorentz and Poincare InvarianceAppendices