Jerzy Plebanski, Andrzej Krasinski

An Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

General relativity is a cornerstone of modern physics, and is of major importance in its applications to cosmology. Plebanski and Krasinski are experts in the field and in this book they provide a thorough introduction to general relativity, guiding the reader through complete derivations of the most important results. Providing coverage from a unique viewpoint, geometrical, physical and astrophysical properties of inhomogeneous cosmological models are all systematically and clearly presented, allowing the reader to follow and verify all derivations. For advanced undergraduates and graduates in physics and astronomy, this textbook will enable students to develop expertise in the mathematical techniques necessary to study general relativity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 558
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 951g
• ISBN-13: 9781107407367
• ISBN-10: 1107407362
• Artikelnr.: 36198278

Inhaltsangabe

1. How the theory of relativity came into being (a brief historical sketch)
Part I. Elements of Differential Geometry: 2. A short sketch of two-dimensional differential geometries
3. Tensors, tensor densities
4. Covariant derivatives
5. Parallel transport and geodesic lines
6. Curvature of a manifold: flat manifolds
7. Riemannian geometry
8. Symmetries of Rieman spaces, invariance of tensors
9. Methods to calculate the curvature quickly - Cartan forms and algebraic computer programs
10. The spatially homogeneous Bianchi-type spacetimes
11. The Petrov classification by the spinor method
Part II. The Gravitation Theory: 12. The Einstein equations and the sources of a gravitational field
13. The Maxwell and Einstein-Maxwell equations and the Kaluza-Klein theory
14. Spherically symmetric gravitational field of isolated objects
15. Relativistic hydrodynamics and thermodynamics
16. Relativistic cosmology I: general geometry
17. Relativistic cosmology II: the Robertson-Walker geometry
18. Relativistic cosmology III: the Lemaître-Tolman geometry
19. Relativistic cosmology IV: generalisations of L-T and related geometries
20. The Kerr solution
21. Subjects omitted in this book
References.