LEADER 04321nam 22006495 450 001 9910254586003321 005 20200702005552.0 010 $a3-319-49682-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-49682-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000981042 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-49682-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5577086 035 $a(PPN)197139493 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000981042 100 $a20161130d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTheory of Gravitational Interactions$b[electronic resource] /$fby Maurizio Gasperini 205 $a2nd ed. 2017. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (XVII, 373 p. 14 illus.) 225 1 $aUNITEXT for Physics,$x2198-7882 311 $a3-319-49681-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aElementary Notions of Relativistic Field Theory -- Towards a Relativistic Theory of Gravity -- Tensor Calculus in a Riemann Manifold -- Maxwell Equations and Riemann Geometry -- Test Bodies and Signals in a Riemann Space?Time -- Geodesic Deviation and Curvature Tensor -- The Einstein Equations for the Gravitational Field -- The Weak-Field Approximation -- Gravitational Waves -- The Schwarzschild Solution -- The Kasner Solution -- Vierbeins and Lorentz Connection -- The Dirac Equation in a Gravitational Field -- Supersymmetry and Supergravity -- Appendix A The Language of Differential Forms -- Appendix B Higher-Dimensional Gravity -- References -- Index. 330 $aThis is the second edition of a well-received book that is a modern, self-contained introduction to the theory of gravitational interactions. The new edition includes more details on gravitational waves of cosmological origin, the so-called brane world scenario, and gravitational time-delay effects. The first part of the book follows the traditional presentation of general relativity as a geometric theory of the macroscopic gravitational field, while the second, more advanced part discusses the deep analogies (and differences) between a geometric theory of gravity and the ?gauge? theories of the other fundamental interactions. This fills a gap within the traditional approach to general relativity which usually leaves students puzzled about the role of gravity. The required notions of differential geometry are reduced to the minimum, allowing room for aspects of gravitational physics of current phenomenological and theoretical interest, such as the properties of gravitational waves, the gravitational interactions of spinors, and the supersymmetric and higher-dimensional generalization of the Einstein equations. This textbook is primarily intended for students pursuing a theoretical or astroparticle curriculum but is also relevant for PhD students and young researchers. . 410 0$aUNITEXT for Physics,$x2198-7882 606 $aGravitation 606 $aQuantum field theory 606 $aString theory 606 $aCosmology 606 $aMathematical physics 606 $aClassical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19070 606 $aQuantum Field Theories, String Theory$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19048 606 $aCosmology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22049 606 $aMathematical Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/M35000 615 0$aGravitation. 615 0$aQuantum field theory. 615 0$aString theory. 615 0$aCosmology. 615 0$aMathematical physics. 615 14$aClassical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory. 615 24$aQuantum Field Theories, String Theory. 615 24$aCosmology. 615 24$aMathematical Physics. 676 $a531.14 700 $aGasperini$b Maurizio$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$040394 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254586003321 996 $aTheory of Gravitational Interactions$91835221 997 $aUNINA