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Gravity, a Geometrical Course Volume 1: Development of the Theory and Basic Physical Applications

‘Gravity, a Geometrical Course’ presents general relativity (GR) in a systematic and exhaustive way, covering three aspects that are homogenized into a single texture: i) the mathematical, geometrical foundations, exposed in a self consistent contemporary formalism, ii) the main physical, astrophysi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frè, Pietro Giuseppe
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
Subjects:
Cosmology
Quantum Field Theory
Gravitation
Elementary Particles (physics)
Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
Mathematical Physics
Classical And Quantum Gravity
Physics / Philosophy
Philosophical Foundations Of Physics And Astronomy
Mathematical Methods In Physics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgement
  • Preface
  • Special Relativity: setting the stage.- Manifolds and fibre bundles
  • Connections and Metrics
  • Motion in the Schwarzschild Field
  • Einstein versus Yang Mills Field Equations
  • Stellar Equilibrium
  • Gravitational Waves and the Binary Pulsars
  • Conclusion of volume 1
  • Appendix A: Spinors and Gamma Matrix Algebra
  • Appendix B: Mathematica Packages
  • Index

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