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Causality Rules: Dispersion theory in non-elementary particle physics Second Edition
Author(s): Vladimir Pascalutsa (Author)
- Publisher: Iop Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date: April 24, 2024
- Edition: Second
- Language: English
- Print length: 140 pages
- ISBN-10: 0750334320
- ISBN-13: 9780750334327
Book Description
Causality: Cause and effect. In classical physics, an effect cannot occur before its cause. In Einstein’s theory of special relativity, causality means that an effect cannot occur from a cause that is not in the back (past) light cone of that event.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Causality is the relationship between a cause and its effect: an effect cannot occur before its cause. This concept is usually found in optics and electromagnetism as well as in Einstein’s theories of special and general relativity.
This book is pleasant and contains careful discussions of a large number of topics dealing with the multifaceted aspects of causality such as Kramers-Krönig relations and sum rules. The book includes many pedagogical examples such as light-by-light scattering, nonlinear optics, and dispersion of rays in cosmic microwave background. Its target audience includes undergraduate and graduate students of optics, particle physics and astrophysics.
Christian Brosseau, Optica, 23 May 2024
