Theory of Gravitational Interactions
This is the second edition of a well-received book that is a modern, self-contained introduction to the theory of gravitational interactions. The new edition includes more details on gravitational waves of cosmological origin, the so-called brane world scenario, and gravitational time-delay effects....
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2017, 2017
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2017 |
| Series: | UNITEXT for Physics
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Elementary Notions of Relativistic Field Theory
- Towards a Relativistic Theory of Gravity
- Tensor Calculus in a Riemann Manifold
- Maxwell Equations and Riemann Geometry
- Test Bodies and Signals in a Riemann Space–Time
- Geodesic Deviation and Curvature Tensor
- The Einstein Equations for the Gravitational Field
- The Weak-Field Approximation
- Gravitational Waves
- The Schwarzschild Solution
- The Kasner Solution
- Vierbeins and Lorentz Connection
- The Dirac Equation in a Gravitational Field
- Supersymmetry and Supergravity
- Appendix A The Language of Differential Forms
- Appendix B Higher-Dimensional Gravity
- References
- Index