Gravitation foundations and frontiers

Machine generated contents note: 1. Special relativity; 2. Scalar and electromagnetic fields in special relativity; 3. Gravity and spacetime geometry: the inescapable connection; 4. Metric tensor, geodesics and covariant derivative; 5. Curvature of spacetime; 6. Einstein's field equations and g...

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1. Verfasser:	Padmanabhan, Thanu (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge u.a. Cambridge Univ. Press 2010
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Schlagworte:	Gravitation > Relativity (Physics) > Problems, exercises, etc. > Lehrbuch > Gravitationstheorie
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Zusammenfassung:	Machine generated contents note: 1. Special relativity; 2. Scalar and electromagnetic fields in special relativity; 3. Gravity and spacetime geometry: the inescapable connection; 4. Metric tensor, geodesics and covariant derivative; 5. Curvature of spacetime; 6. Einstein's field equations and gravitational dynamics; 7. Spherically symmetric geometry; 8. Black holes; 9. Gravitational waves; 10. Relativistic cosmology; 11. Differential forms and exterior calculus; 12. Hamiltonian structure of general relativity; 13. Evolution of cosmological perturbations; 14. Quantum field theory in curved spacetime; 15. Gravity in higher and lower dimensions; 16. Gravity as an emergent phenomenon; Notes; Index.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	XXVIII, 700 S. graph. Darst.
ISBN:	9780521882231 978-0-521-88223-1