Covariance and Gauge Invariance in Continuum Physics

Application to Mechanics, Gravitation, and Electromagnetism

Lalaonirina R Rakotomanana author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published:20th Dec '18

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This book presents a Lagrangian approach model to formulate various fields of continuum physics, ranging from gradient continuum elasticity to relativistic gravito-electromagnetism. It extends the classical theories based on Riemann geometry to Riemann-Cartan geometry, and then describes non-homogeneous continuum and spacetime with torsion in Einstein-Cartan relativistic gravitation.

It investigates two aspects of invariance of the Lagrangian: covariance of formulation following the method of Lovelock and Rund, and gauge invariance where the active diffeomorphism invariance is considered by using local Poincaré gauge theory according to the Utiyama method.

Further, it develops various extensions of strain gradient continuum elasticity, relativistic gravitation and electromagnetism when the torsion field of the Riemann-Cartan continuum is not equal to zero. Lastly, it derives heterogeneous wave propagation equations within twisted and curved manifolds and proposes a relation between electromagnetic potential and torsion tensor.


ISBN: 9783030062989

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 522g

325 pages

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018