Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Special Relativity: Minkowski Space-Time
- Part II General Relativity: Globally Hyperbolic Einstein Space-Times
- Part III Dirac–Bergmann Theory of Constraints
- Appendix A Canonical Realizations of Lie Algebras, Poincaré Group, Poincar´e Orbits, and Wigner Boosts
- Appendix B Grassmann Variables and Pseudo–Classical Lagrangians
- Appendix C Relativistic Perfect Fluids and Covariant Thermodynamics
- References
- Index
Appendix A - Canonical Realizations of Lie Algebras, Poincaré Group, Poincar´e Orbits, and Wigner Boosts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 June 2019
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Special Relativity: Minkowski Space-Time
- Part II General Relativity: Globally Hyperbolic Einstein Space-Times
- Part III Dirac–Bergmann Theory of Constraints
- Appendix A Canonical Realizations of Lie Algebras, Poincaré Group, Poincar´e Orbits, and Wigner Boosts
- Appendix B Grassmann Variables and Pseudo–Classical Lagrangians
- Appendix C Relativistic Perfect Fluids and Covariant Thermodynamics
- References
- Index
Summary
The main properties of the Poincaré group are reviewed, in particular the Wigner boosts needed for the rest-frame instant form of dynamics.
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- Non-Inertial Frames and Dirac Observables in Relativity , pp. 248 - 264Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019