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Record Nr.

UNINA9910770273203321

Autore

Khakshournia Samad

Titolo

The Art of Gluing Space-Time Manifolds : Methods and Applications / / by Samad Khakshournia, Reza Mansouri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

9783031486128

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (0 pages)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Physics, , 2191-5431

Disciplina

516.07

Soggetti

General relativity (Physics)

Gravitation

Cosmology

Condensed matter

Global analysis (Mathematics)

Manifolds (Mathematics)

Geometry, Differential

General Relativity

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Condensed Matter Physics

Global Analysis and Analysis on Manifolds

Differential Geometry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction -- 2 Definition of the Problem and Junction Conditions -- 3 Gauss-Kodazzi Approach -- 4 Distributional Approach. 5 Null shells. .

Sommario/riassunto

This concise book reviews methods used for gluing space-time manifolds together. It is therefore relevant to theorists working on branes, walls, domain walls, concepts frequently used in theoretical cosmology, astrophysics, and gravity theory. Nowadays, applications are also in theoretical condensed matter physics where Riemannian geometry appears. The book also reviews the history of matching conditions between two space-time manifolds from the early times of general relativity up to now.