Friedrich W. Hehl
Friedrich Wilhelm Hehl (born August 26, 1937 in Ludwigsburg ) is a German theoretical physicist who mainly deals with gravitational physics.
Life
Hehl studied physics at the Technical University of Stuttgart and became a member of the Corps Stauffia Stuttgart and Germania Hohenheim . In 1966 he received his doctorate at the TU Clausthal ( The spin angular momentum in general relativity ) and his habilitation in 1970 in Clausthal. In 1971 he became a lecturer at the TU Clausthal and in 1975 he was given a full professorship at the University of Cologne . He is a retired professor and adjunct professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia . 1973/74 he was at Princeton University .
He deals in particular with extended formulations of gravity ( going beyond Riemannian geometry ), such as the formulation as gauge field theory (Poincaré Gauge Theory) and (related) Élie Cartan's generalization of Riemann geometry with torsion ( Einstein-Cartan theory ). With Bahram Mashhoon he developed - based on a gauge theory formulation of gravity - a non-local generalization of Einstein's general relativity theory, which is equivalent in a linear approximation to Einstein's theory with dark matter . He also deals with numerical relativity and computer algebra. With Obukhov he wrote a monograph on the (axiomatic) formulation of electrodynamics in differential form calculus.
Fonts
- with Yuri Obukhov Foundations of Classical Electrodynamics: charge, flux and metric . Birkhäuser, 2003
- with V. Winkelmann, H. Meyer REDUCE - compact course on the application of computer algebra . 2nd Edition. Springer Verlag, 1993
- with Paul van der Heyde: Spin and the structure of spacetime . In: Annales Inst. Henri Poincaré , Volume 19, 1973, p. 179
- with Obukhov: Elie Cartan's torsion in geometry and field theory . 2007, arxiv : 0711.1535
- Four lectures on Poincaré gauge field theory . Erice Lectures 1979. In: Peter G. Bergmann, de Sabbata: Cosmology and Gravitation . Plenum Press, 1980
- To the gauge field theory of gravitation . In: J. Nitsch: Fundamental Problems of Modern Physics. Festschrift P. Mittelstaedt . BI, 1981, pp. 103-1319
- with Paul von der Heyde, G. David Kerlick, James M. Nester: General relativity with spin and torsion: Foundations and prospects . In: Reviews of Modern Physics , Volume 48, 1976, pp. 393-416
- with Eckehard W. Mielke , Yuval Neeman , JD McCrea: Metric-affine gauge theory of gravity . In: Physics Reports , Volume 258, 1995, pp. 1-171, arxiv : gr-qc / 9402012
- with F. Gronwald: On the gauge aspects of gravity . Erice Lectures 1995, arxiv : gr-qc / 9602013
Web links
- Website (University of Cologne)
- Editor of the Annalen der Physik ( Memento from December 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) with biography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Date of birth according to General Relativity and Gravitation, Volume 31, 1999, No. 5, Mexican meeting on gauge theories of gravity, for Hehl's 60th birthday
- ↑ Address directory Kösener and Weinheimer Corpsstudenten 2003/04, p. 191
- ^ Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Habilitation: Spin and Torsion in General Relativity or the Riemann-Cartan Geometry of the World
- ^ Hehl, Mashhoon: A formal framework for a nonlocal generalization of Einstein's theory of gravity . In: Physical Review , D 79, 2009, arxiv : 0902.0560
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hehl, Friedrich W. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hehl, Friedrich Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theoretical physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ludwigsburg |