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Spacetime and geometry : an introduction to general relativity / / Sean Carroll
| Spacetime and geometry : an introduction to general relativity / / Sean Carroll |
| Autore | Carroll Sean M. <1966-> |
| Edizione | [Pearson new international edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (514 pages) : illustrations, graphs |
| Disciplina | 530.11 |
| Collana | Always learning |
| Soggetto topico | General relativity (Physics) |
| ISBN | 1-292-03901-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Special Relativity and Flat Spacetime -- 1.1 Prelude -- 1.2 Space and Time, Separately and Together -- 1.3 Lorentz Transformations -- 1.4 Vectors -- 1.5 Dual Vectors (One-Forms) -- 1.6 Tensors -- 1.7 Manipulating Tensors -- 1.8 Maxwell's Equations -- 1.9 Energy and Momentum -- 1.10 Classical Field Theory -- 1.11 Exercises -- 2 Manifolds -- 2.1 Gravity as Geometry -- 2.2 What Is a Manifold? -- 2.3 Vectors Again -- 2.4 Tensors Again -- 2.5 The Metric -- 2.6 An Expanding Universe -- 2.7 Causality -- 2.8 Tensor Densities -- 2.9 Differential Forms -- 2.10 Integration -- 2.11 Exercises -- 3 Curvature -- 3.1 Overview -- 3.2 Covariant Derivatives -- 3.3 Parallel Transport and Geodesics -- 3.4 Properties of Geodesics -- 3.5 The Expanding Universe Revisited -- 3.6 The Riemann Curvature Tensor -- 3.7 Properties of the Riemann Tensor -- 3.8 Symmetries and Killing Vectors -- 3.9 Maximally Symmetric Spaces -- 3.10 Geodesic Deviation -- 3.11 Exercises -- 4 Gravitation -- 4.1 Physics in Curved Spacetime -- 4.2 Einstein's Equation -- 4.3 Lagrangian Formulation -- 4.4 Properties of Einstein's Equation -- 4.5 The Cosmological Constant -- 4.6 Energy Conditions -- 4.7 The Equivalence Principle Revisited -- 4.8 Alternative Theories -- 4.9 Exercises -- 5 The Schwarzschild Solution -- 5.1 The Schwarzschild Metric -- 5.2 Birkhoff's Theorem -- 5.3 Singularities -- 5.4 Geodesics of Schwarzschild -- 5.5 Experimental Tests -- 5.6 Schwarzschild Black Holes -- 5.7 The Maximally Extended Schwarzschild Solution -- 5.8 Stars and Black Holes -- 5.9 Exercises -- 6 More General Black Holes -- 6.1 The Black Hole Zoo -- 6.2 Event Horizons -- 6.3 Killing Horizons -- 6.4 Mass, Charge, and Spin -- 6.5 Charged (Reissner-Nordstrom) Black Holes -- 6.6 Rotating (Kerr) Black Holes -- 6.7 The Penrose Process and Black-Hole Thermodynamics.
6.8 Exercises -- 7 Perturbation Theory and Gravitational Radiation -- 7.1 Linearized Gravity and Gauge Transformations -- 7.2 Degrees of Freedom -- 7.3 Newtonian Fields and Photon Trajectories -- 7.4 Gravitational Wave Solutions -- 7.5 Production of Gravitational Waves -- 7.6 Energy Loss Due to Gravitational Radiation -- 7.7 Detection of Gravitational Waves -- 7.8 Exercises -- 8 Cosmology -- 8.1 Maximally Symmetric Universes -- 8.2 Robertson-Walker Metrics -- 8.3 The Friedmann Equation -- 8.4 Evolution of the Scale Factor -- 8.5 Redshifts and Distances -- 8.6 Gravitational Lensing -- 8.7 Our Universe -- 8.8 Inflation -- 8.9 Exercises -- 9 Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Quantum Mechanics -- 9.3 Quantum Field Theory in Flat Spacetime -- 9.4 Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime -- 9.5 The Unruh Effect -- 9.6 The Hawking Effect and Black Hole Evaporation -- APPENDIXES -- A Maps between Manifolds -- B Diffeomorphisms and Lie Derivatives -- C Submanifolds -- D Hypersurfaces -- E Stokes's Theorem -- F Geodesic Congruences -- G Conformal Transformations -- H Conformal Diagrams -- I The Parallel Propagator -- J Noncoordinate Bases -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Spacetime and geometry : an introduction to general relativity / Sean Carroll
| Spacetime and geometry : an introduction to general relativity / Sean Carroll |
| Autore | Carroll, Sean M. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco : Addison Wesley, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 513 p. : ill. ; 25 cm |
| Disciplina | 530.11 |
| Soggetto topico | General relativity (Physics) |
| ISBN | 0805387323 |
| Classificazione | LC QC173.6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003805709707536 |
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Carroll, Sean M.
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| San Francisco : Addison Wesley, c2004 | ||
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Topics in general relativity / Robert Hermann
| Topics in general relativity / Robert Hermann |
| Autore | Hermann, Robert |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Brookline, MA : Math Sci Press, c1973 |
| Descrizione fisica | vi, 163 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Collana | Interdisciplinary mathematics ; 5 |
| Soggetto topico | General relativity (Physics) |
| ISBN | 0915692042 |
| Classificazione |
53.1.52
510(06) 510.53 530.1'1 QC173.6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001309469707536 |
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Hermann, Robert
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| Brookline, MA : Math Sci Press, c1973 | ||
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Topics in mathematical physics, general relativity, and cosmology in honor of Jerzy Plebański [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of 2002 international conference, Cinvestav, Mexico City, 17-20 September 2002 / / editors, Hugo García-Compeán ... [et al.]
| Topics in mathematical physics, general relativity, and cosmology in honor of Jerzy Plebański [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of 2002 international conference, Cinvestav, Mexico City, 17-20 September 2002 / / editors, Hugo García-Compeán ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (528 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.15 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PlebańskiJerzy
García-CompeánHugo |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical physics
General relativity (Physics) Cosmology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 981-277-273-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS ; Preface ; Part I. Historical Data ; Jerzy Plebanski: The Quest for New Worlds; Pleasant Memories with Jerzy Plebanski; My Recollections of Jerzy Plebanski ; Working with Pleban ; List of Plebanski's Publications; Part II. Invited Papers (Proceedings Part) ; Organizing Committee
The Higher-Energy Precursor of the AdS/CFT Correspondence How Black Holes Grow ; Some Theorems Related to the Jacobi Variational Principle of Analytical Dynamics ; Horizon Structure of Born-Infeld Black Hole ; Space-Time Torsion Contribution to Quantum Interference Phases Squeezing Operator and Squeeze Tomography A Producer of Universes ; Moyal Star-Product on a Hilbert Space ; Null-Kahler Structures Symmetries and Integrability ; Helicity Basis and Parity ; Second Order Supersymmetry Transformations in Quantum Mechanics Generalized Symmetries for the sDiff(2) Toda Equation Differential Equations and Cartan Connections ; N = 2 String Geometry and the Heavenly Equations ; Noncommutative Topological and Einstein Gravity from Noncommutative SL(2 C) BF Theory Conservation Laws Constants of the Motion and Hamiltonians Electromagnetic Wavelets as Hertzian Pulsed Beams in Complex Spacetime ; Generalized K-Deformations and Deformed Relativistic Scalar Fields on Noncommutative Minkowski Space Structure Formation in the Lemaitre-Tolman Cosmological Model (A Non-Perturbative Approach) |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450870603321 |
| Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Topics in mathematical physics, general relativity, and cosmology in honor of Jerzy Plebański [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of 2002 international conference, Cinvestav, Mexico City, 17-20 September 2002 / / editors, Hugo García-Compeán ... [et al.]
| Topics in mathematical physics, general relativity, and cosmology in honor of Jerzy Plebański [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of 2002 international conference, Cinvestav, Mexico City, 17-20 September 2002 / / editors, Hugo García-Compeán ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (528 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.15 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PlebańskiJerzy
García-CompeánHugo |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical physics
General relativity (Physics) Cosmology |
| ISBN | 981-277-273-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS ; Preface ; Part I. Historical Data ; Jerzy Plebanski: The Quest for New Worlds; Pleasant Memories with Jerzy Plebanski; My Recollections of Jerzy Plebanski ; Working with Pleban ; List of Plebanski's Publications; Part II. Invited Papers (Proceedings Part) ; Organizing Committee
The Higher-Energy Precursor of the AdS/CFT Correspondence How Black Holes Grow ; Some Theorems Related to the Jacobi Variational Principle of Analytical Dynamics ; Horizon Structure of Born-Infeld Black Hole ; Space-Time Torsion Contribution to Quantum Interference Phases Squeezing Operator and Squeeze Tomography A Producer of Universes ; Moyal Star-Product on a Hilbert Space ; Null-Kahler Structures Symmetries and Integrability ; Helicity Basis and Parity ; Second Order Supersymmetry Transformations in Quantum Mechanics Generalized Symmetries for the sDiff(2) Toda Equation Differential Equations and Cartan Connections ; N = 2 String Geometry and the Heavenly Equations ; Noncommutative Topological and Einstein Gravity from Noncommutative SL(2 C) BF Theory Conservation Laws Constants of the Motion and Hamiltonians Electromagnetic Wavelets as Hertzian Pulsed Beams in Complex Spacetime ; Generalized K-Deformations and Deformed Relativistic Scalar Fields on Noncommutative Minkowski Space Structure Formation in the Lemaitre-Tolman Cosmological Model (A Non-Perturbative Approach) |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784978003321 |
| Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Topics in mathematical physics, general relativity, and cosmology in honor of Jerzy Plebański [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of 2002 international conference, Cinvestav, Mexico City, 17-20 September 2002 / / editors, Hugo García-Compeán ... [et al.]
| Topics in mathematical physics, general relativity, and cosmology in honor of Jerzy Plebański [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of 2002 international conference, Cinvestav, Mexico City, 17-20 September 2002 / / editors, Hugo García-Compeán ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (528 p.) |
| Disciplina | 530.15 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PlebańskiJerzy
García-CompeánHugo |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical physics
General relativity (Physics) Cosmology |
| ISBN | 981-277-273-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS ; Preface ; Part I. Historical Data ; Jerzy Plebanski: The Quest for New Worlds; Pleasant Memories with Jerzy Plebanski; My Recollections of Jerzy Plebanski ; Working with Pleban ; List of Plebanski's Publications; Part II. Invited Papers (Proceedings Part) ; Organizing Committee
The Higher-Energy Precursor of the AdS/CFT Correspondence How Black Holes Grow ; Some Theorems Related to the Jacobi Variational Principle of Analytical Dynamics ; Horizon Structure of Born-Infeld Black Hole ; Space-Time Torsion Contribution to Quantum Interference Phases Squeezing Operator and Squeeze Tomography A Producer of Universes ; Moyal Star-Product on a Hilbert Space ; Null-Kahler Structures Symmetries and Integrability ; Helicity Basis and Parity ; Second Order Supersymmetry Transformations in Quantum Mechanics Generalized Symmetries for the sDiff(2) Toda Equation Differential Equations and Cartan Connections ; N = 2 String Geometry and the Heavenly Equations ; Noncommutative Topological and Einstein Gravity from Noncommutative SL(2 C) BF Theory Conservation Laws Constants of the Motion and Hamiltonians Electromagnetic Wavelets as Hertzian Pulsed Beams in Complex Spacetime ; Generalized K-Deformations and Deformed Relativistic Scalar Fields on Noncommutative Minkowski Space Structure Formation in the Lemaitre-Tolman Cosmological Model (A Non-Perturbative Approach) |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813771503321 |
| Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Twistor Sigma Models [[electronic resource] ] : Gravity, Amplitudes, and Flat Space Holography / / by Atul Sharma
| Twistor Sigma Models [[electronic resource] ] : Gravity, Amplitudes, and Flat Space Holography / / by Atul Sharma |
| Autore | Sharma Atul |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (137 pages) |
| Disciplina | 523.1 |
| Collana | Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research |
| Soggetto topico |
Cosmology
General relativity (Physics) Mathematical physics General Relativity Mathematical Methods in Physics |
| ISBN | 3-031-50751-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Twistors for Flat Space -- Sigma Models and Hyperkähler Geometry -- Graviton Scattering in Flat Space -- Celestial Holography -- Twistors for SD Radiative Space-Times. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910831015403321 |
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Sharma Atul
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| Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 | ||
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A unified grand tour of theoretical physics / by Ian D. Lawrie
| A unified grand tour of theoretical physics / by Ian D. Lawrie |
| Autore | Lawrie, Ian D. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bristol, England ; New York, NY, USA : Adam Hilger, 1990 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Disciplina | 530.11 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical physics
General relativity (Physics) Nuclear physics |
| ISBN | 9780852740156 |
| Classificazione | LC QC20 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003804929707536 |
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Lawrie, Ian D.
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| Bristol, England ; New York, NY, USA : Adam Hilger, 1990 | ||
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When the universe took a U-turn [[electronic resource] /] / B.G. Sidharth
| When the universe took a U-turn [[electronic resource] /] / B.G. Sidharth |
| Autore | Sidharth B. G (Burra Gautam), <1948-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina | 523.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Space and time
Cosmology String models General relativity (Physics) Particles (Nuclear physics) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-75839-X
9786612758393 981-4277-82-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The Lord is Subtle, but Defies Common Sense!; You Can Be Younger than Your Grandson; Time is Running Backwards, Isn't It?; God Does Not Play Dice - or Does He?; On a Collision Course; Law without Law; When the Universe Took a U Turn. |
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Sidharth B. G (Burra Gautam), <1948->
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| Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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When the universe took a U-turn [[electronic resource] /] / B.G. Sidharth
| When the universe took a U-turn [[electronic resource] /] / B.G. Sidharth |
| Autore | Sidharth B. G (Burra Gautam), <1948-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina | 523.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Space and time
Cosmology String models General relativity (Physics) Particles (Nuclear physics) |
| ISBN |
1-282-75839-X
9786612758393 981-4277-82-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The Lord is Subtle, but Defies Common Sense!; You Can Be Younger than Your Grandson; Time is Running Backwards, Isn't It?; God Does Not Play Dice - or Does He?; On a Collision Course; Law without Law; When the Universe Took a U Turn. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780722503321 |
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Sidharth B. G (Burra Gautam), <1948->
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| Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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