ABSTRACT

In the course of the development of electromagnetic, weak and strong interactions, the concept of (internal) gauge invariance grew up and established itself as an unavoidable dynamical principle in particle physics. It is less known that the principle of equivalence, and the basic dynamical properties of the gravitational interaction can also be ex

chapter Chapter 1|19 pages

Space, time and gravitation

chapter Chapter 2|22 pages

Spacetime symmetries

chapter Chapter 3|36 pages

Poincaré gauge theory

chapter Chapter 4|29 pages

Weyl gauge theory

chapter Chapter 5|45 pages

Hamiltonian dynamics

chapter Chapter 6|43 pages

Symmetries and conservation laws

chapter 7|27 pages

Gravity in flat spacetime

chapter 8|23 pages

Nonlinear effects in gravity

chapter 9|48 pages

Supersymmetry and supergravity

chapter Chapter 10|45 pages

Kaluza-Klein theory

chapter Chapter 11|35 pages

String theory