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Gravitation : Foundations and Frontiers.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (730 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511673559
  • 0511673558
  • 0511675534
  • 9780511675539
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 521.1
LOC classification:
  • QC178.P226 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of exercises; List of projects; Preface; How to use this book; 1 Special relativity; 2 Scalar and electromagnetic fields in special relativity; 3 Gravity and spacetime geometry: the inescapable connection; 4 Metric tensor, geodesics and covariant derivative; 5 Curvature of spacetime; 6 Einstein's field equations and gravitational dynamics; 7 Spherically symmetric geometry; 8 Black holes; 9 Gravitational waves; 10 Relativistic cosmology; 11 Differential forms and exterior calculus; 12 Hamiltonian structure of general relativity.
13 Evolution of cosmological perturbations14 Quantum field theory in curved spacetime; 15 Gravity in higher and lower dimensions; 16 Gravity as an emergent phenomenon; Notes; Index.
Summary: Covering all aspects of gravitation in a contemporary style, this advanced textbook is ideal for graduate students and researchers.
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of exercises; List of projects; Preface; How to use this book; 1 Special relativity; 2 Scalar and electromagnetic fields in special relativity; 3 Gravity and spacetime geometry: the inescapable connection; 4 Metric tensor, geodesics and covariant derivative; 5 Curvature of spacetime; 6 Einstein's field equations and gravitational dynamics; 7 Spherically symmetric geometry; 8 Black holes; 9 Gravitational waves; 10 Relativistic cosmology; 11 Differential forms and exterior calculus; 12 Hamiltonian structure of general relativity.

13 Evolution of cosmological perturbations14 Quantum field theory in curved spacetime; 15 Gravity in higher and lower dimensions; 16 Gravity as an emergent phenomenon; Notes; Index.

Covering all aspects of gravitation in a contemporary style, this advanced textbook is ideal for graduate students and researchers.

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