Gravitational solitons
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Gravitational solitons
（Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics）
Cambridge University Press, c2001
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Bibliography: p. 241-252
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This 2001 book gives a self-contained exposition of the theory of gravitational solitons and provides a comprehensive review of exact soliton solutions to Einstein's equations. The text begins with a detailed discussion of the extension of the Inverse Scattering Method to the theory of gravitation, starting with pure gravity and then extending it to the coupling of gravity with the electromagnetic field. There follows a systematic review of the gravitational soliton solutions based on their symmetries. These solutions include some of the most interesting in gravitational physics such as those describing inhomogeneous cosmological models, cylindrical waves, the collision of exact gravity waves, and the Schwarzschild and Kerr black holes. A valuable reference for researchers and graduate students in the fields of general relativity, string theory and cosmology, this book will also be of interest to mathematical physicists in general.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Inverse scattering technique in gravity
- 2. General properties of gravitational solitons
- 3. Einstein-Maxwell fields
- 4. Cosmology: diagonal metrics from Kasner
- 5. Cosmology: nondiagonal metrics and perturbed FLRW
- 6. Cylindrical symmetry
- 7. Plane waves and colliding plane waves
- 8. Axial symmetry
- Bibliography
- Index.
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