General relativity and cosmology : a first encounter / / Ronald J. Adler
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| Autore: |
Adler Ronald J.
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| Titolo: |
General relativity and cosmology : a first encounter / / Ronald J. Adler
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| Pubblicazione: | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| ©2021 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2021. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (XIV, 313 p. 87 illus., 7 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina: | 530.11 |
| Soggetto topico: | General relativity (Physics) |
| Cosmology | |
| Gravitation | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preface -- Part I: Special Relativity in Review -- Chapter 1. A brief stroll in special relativity -- Chapter 2. Lorentz transformations -- Chapter 3. The motion of particles -- Part II: Vectors and Tensors -- Chapter 4. Riemann spaces and tensors -- Chapter 5. Affine connections and geodesics -- Chapter 6. Tensor analysis -- Part III: General Relativity -- Chapter 7. Classical gravity and geometry -- Chapter 8. Curved space and gravity -- Chapter 9. Spherically symmetric gravitational fields -- Chapter 10. Black holes and gravitational collapse -- Chapter 11. Linearized general relativity and gravitational waves -- Part IV: Cosmology -- Chapter 12. The Einstein field equations for cosmology -- Chapter 13. The cosmological metric -- Chapter 14. The dynamical equations of cosmology -- Chapter 15. Solutions for the present universe -- Chapter 16. Some properties of the LCDM Universe -- Chapter 17. Earlier times and radiation -- Chapter 18. A brief historical overview of the universe -- Chapter 19. Inflation and basic questions. . |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Gravitational physics has now become a mainstream topic in physics and physics teaching. In particular cosmology and gravitational wave physics are at the focus of a great deal of current research. Thus it is important to introduce students to General Relativity as soon as reasonable. This textbook offers a brief but comprehensive treatment accessible to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and any physicist or mathematician interested in understanding the material in a short time. The author, an experienced teacher of the subject, has included numerous examples and exercises to help students consolidate the ideas they have learned. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | General relativity and cosmology |
| ISBN: | 3-030-61574-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996466750303316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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Graduate texts in physics.