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Cosmology and Gravitation

Spin, Torsion, Rotation, and Supergravity

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  • © 1980

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Editors:
  1. Peter G. Bergmann

    1. Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA

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  2. Venzo Sabbata

    1. University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
      University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series B: (NSSB, volume 58)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Theories with Torsion

    1. Generalities on Geometric Theories of Gravitation

      • Andrzej Trautman
      Pages 1-4

    2. Four Lectures on Poincaré Gauge Field Theory

      • Friedrich W. Hehl
      Pages 5-61

    3. The Macroscopic Limit of the Poincaré Gauge Field Theory of Gravitation

      • Jürgen Nitsch
      Pages 63-91

    4. Quasiclassical Limit of the Dirac Equation and the Equivalence Principle in the Riemann-Cartan Geometry

      • Helmut Rumpf
      Pages 93-104

    5. Contracted Bianchi Identities and Conservation Laws in Poincaré Gauge Theories of Gravity

      • Wiktor Szczyrba
      Pages 105-116

    6. The Gauge Symmetries of Gravitation

      • Martin A. Schweizer
      Pages 117-124

    7. The Motion of Test-Particles in Non-Riemannian Space-Times

      • Dierck-Ekkehard Liebscher
      Pages 125-137

    8. Torsion and Strong Gravity in the Realm of Elementary Particles and Cosmological Physics

      • Venzo de Sabbata, Maurizio Gasperini
      Pages 139-171

  3. Supersymmetries, Twistors and other Symmetry Groups

    1. The Fading World Point

      • Peter G. Bergmann
      Pages 173-176

    2. Superalgebras, Supergroups and Geometric Gauging

      • Yuval Ne’eman
      Pages 177-226

    3. Four Lectures at the 1979 Erice School on Spin, Torsion, Rotation and Supergravity

      • P. van Nieuwenhuizen
      Pages 227-256

    4. Self Dual Fields

      • Joshua N. Goldberg
      Pages 257-273

    5. An Introduction to Complex Manifolds

      • E. T. Newman
      Pages 275-285

    6. A Brief Outline of Twistor Theory

      • Roger Penrose
      Pages 287-316

  4. Experimental Relativity and Other Topics

    1. Experimental Gravitation with Measurements Made from within a Planetary System

      • Robert D. Reasenberg
      Pages 317-357

    2. Tests of General Relativity at the Quantum Level

      • Ephraim Fischbach
      Pages 359-373

    3. The Mass-Angular Momentum-Diagram of Astronomical Objects

      • Peter Brosche
      Pages 375-382

    4. Bimetric General Relativity Theory

      • Nathan Rosen
      Pages 383-405

    5. Covariance and Quantum Physics-Need for a New Foundation of Quantum Theory?

      • Ernst Schmutzer
      Pages 407-422
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA

    Peter G. Bergmann

  • University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Venzo Sabbata

  • University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

    Venzo Sabbata

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cosmology and Gravitation

  • Book Subtitle: Spin, Torsion, Rotation, and Supergravity

  • Editors: Peter G. Bergmann, Venzo Sabbata

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series B:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3123-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1980

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-40478-8Due: 31 October 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-3125-4Published: 11 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-3123-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0258-1221

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 519

  • Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

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