A first course in general relativity

書誌事項

A first course in general relativity

Bernard Schutz

Cambridge University Press, 2022

3rd ed

  • : hardback

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注記

Previous ed.: 2009

Includes bibliographical references (p. 472-490) and index

"Online resources"--Back cover

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Clarity, readability, and rigor combine in the third edition of this widely used textbook to provide the first step into general relativity for advanced undergraduates with a minimal background in mathematics. Topics within relativity that fascinate astrophysics researchers and students alike are covered with Schutz's characteristic ease and authority, from black holes to relativistic objects, from pulsars to the study of the Universe as a whole. This third edition contains discoveries by astronomers that require general relativity for their explanation; two chapters on gravitational waves, including direct detections of gravitational waves and their observations' impact on cosmological measurements; new information on black holes and neutron stars; and greater insight into the expansion of the Universe. Over 300 exercises, many new to this edition, give students the confidence to work with general relativity and the necessary mathematics, while the informal writing style and worked examples make the subject matter easily accessible.

目次

  • Preface to the third edition page
  • Preface to the second edition
  • Preface to the first edition
  • 1. Special relativity
  • 2. Vector analysis in special relativity
  • 3. Tensor analysis in special relativity
  • 4. Perfect fluids in special relativity
  • 5. Preface to curvature
  • 6. Curved manifolds
  • 7. Physics in a curved spacetime
  • 8. The Einstein field equations
  • 9. Fundamentals of Gravitational Radiation
  • 10. Spherical solutions for stars
  • 11. Schwarzschild geometry and black holes
  • 12. Gravitational wave astronomy
  • 13. Cosmology
  • Appendix A. Summary of linear algebra
  • References
  • Index.

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詳細情報
  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BC15986563
  • ISBN
    • 9781108492676
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Cambridge
  • ページ数/冊数
    xv, 497 p.
  • 大きさ
    26 cm
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