General Relativity [E-Book] / by Norbert Straumann.
This book provides a completely revised and expanded version of the previous classic edition 'General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics'. In Part I the foundations of general relativity are thoroughly developed, while Part II is devoted to tests of general relativity and many of its...
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| Personal Name(s): | Straumann, Norbert, author |
| Edition: |
2nd ed. 2013. |
| Imprint: |
Dordrecht :
Springer,
2013
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| Physical Description: |
XX, 736 pages (online resource) |
| Note: |
englisch |
| ISBN: |
9789400754102 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-94-007-5410-2 |
| Series Title: |
Graduate Texts in Physics
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- From the Contents: Part I The General Theory of Relativity
- Introduction
- Physics in External Gravitational Fields
- Einstein's Field Equations
- Part II Applications of General Relativity
- The Schwarzschild Solution and Classical Tests of General Relativity.- Weak Gravitational Fields
- The Post-Newtonian Approximation
- White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars
- Black Holes
- The Positive Mass Theorem
- Essentials of Friedmann-Lemaˆıtre Models
- Part III Differential Geometry
- Differentiable Manifolds
- Tangent Vectors, Vector and Tensor Fields
- The Lie Derivative
- Differential Forms
- Affine Connections
- Some Details and Supplements.