Published March 7, 2003
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Journal article
Relativistic elasticity
Creators
- 1. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik der Universitaet Wien, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna (Austria)
- 2. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Gravitationsphysik, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Am Muehlenberg 1, D-14476 Golm (Germany)
Description
Relativistic elasticity on an arbitrary spacetime is formulated as a Lagrangian field theory which is covariant under spacetime diffeomorphisms. This theory is the relativistic version of classical elasticity in the hyperelastic, materially frame-indifferent case and, on Minkowski space, reduces to the latter in the limit c → ∞. The field equations are cast into a first-order symmetric hyperbolic system. As a consequence, one obtains local-in-time existence and uniqueness theorems under various circumstances
Availability note (English)
Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/20/889/q30508.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/20/889/q30508.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
- PII
- S0264-9381(03)56242-6;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Journal Volume
- 20
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 889-904
- ISSN
- 0264-9381
- CODEN
- CQGRDG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 34044391
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ELASTICITY; FIELD EQUATIONS; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; RELATIVITY THEORY; SPACE-TIME
- Descriptors DEC
- EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY