Theory of Gravitational Interactions [E-Book] / by Maurizio Gasperini.
This reference textbook is an up-to-date and self-contained introduction to the theory of gravitational interactions. The first part of the book follows the traditional presentation of general relativity as a geometric theory of the macroscopic gravitational field. A second, advanced part then discu...
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Personal Name(s): | Gasperini, Maurizio, author |
Edition: |
1st ed. 2013. |
Imprint: |
Milano :
Springer,
2013
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Physical Description: |
XVI, 322 pages 8 illustrations (online resource) |
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englisch |
ISBN: |
9788847026919 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-88-470-2691-9 |
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Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
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- Elementary notions of relativistic field theory
- Towards a relativistic theory of gravity
- Tensor calculus in a Riemannian manifold
- Maxwell equations and Riemann geometry
- Test bodies and signals in a Riemann spacetime
- 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
- Supersimmetry and supergravity
- Appendix A. The language of differential forms
- Appendix B. Higher-dimensional gravity.