Symmetry Principles in Einstein's Theory of Relativity

Author(s)
Peter Christian Aichelburg
Abstract

Symmetries have played and still play a profound role in physics. To all scales, from particle physics to cosmology, symmetries are essential ingredients for describing and understanding our physical world. In the following I concentrate on the underlying symmetry principles that guided Einstein in the search for a new theory: from Special to General Relativity and to Cosmology.

Organisation(s)
Gravitational Physics
Journal
Symmetry: Culture and Science
Volume
29
Pages
245-256
No. of pages
12
ISSN
0865-4824
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26830/symmetry_2018_2_245
Publication date
2018
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103010 History of physics, 103028 Theory of relativity
Keywords
Portal url
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/symmetry-principles-in-einsteins-theory-of-relativity(8af84c35-393a-4a31-9c99-708ca7a2a228).html