General relativity and cosmology : a first encounter / Ronald J. Adler.
Adler, Ronald J., author.
2021
QC173.6
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Title
General relativity and cosmology : a first encounter / Ronald J. Adler.
Author
Adler, Ronald J., author.
ISBN
9783030615741 (electronic bk.)
303061574X (electronic bk.)
9783030615734
3030615731
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61574-1
Published
Cham : Springer, [2021]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 313 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-61574-1 doi
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QC173.6
Dewey Decimal Classification
530.11
Summary
Gravitational physics has now become a mainstream topic in physics and physics teaching. In particular cosmology and gravitational wave physics are at the focus of a great deal of current research. Thus it is important to introduce students to General Relativity as soon as reasonable. This textbook offers a brief but comprehensive treatment accessible to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and any physicist or mathematician interested in understanding the material in a short time. The author, an experienced teacher of the subject, has included numerous examples and exercises to help students consolidate the ideas they have learned.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Graduate texts in physics. 1868-4513
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Preface
Part I: Special Relativity in Review
Chapter 1. A brief stroll in special relativity
Chapter 2. Lorentz transformations
Chapter 3. The motion of particles
Part II: Vectors and Tensors
Chapter 4. Riemann spaces and tensors
Chapter 5. Affine connections and geodesics
Chapter 6. Tensor analysis
Part III: General Relativity
Chapter 7. Classical gravity and geometry
Chapter 8. Curved space and gravity
Chapter 9. Spherically symmetric gravitational fields
Chapter 10. Black holes and gravitational collapse
Chapter 11. Linearized general relativity and gravitational waves
Part IV: Cosmology
Chapter 12. The Einstein field equations for cosmology
Chapter 13. The cosmological metric
Chapter 14. The dynamical equations of cosmology
Chapter 15. Solutions for the present universe
Chapter 16. Some properties of the LCDM Universe
Chapter 17. Earlier times and radiation
Chapter 18. A brief historical overview of the universe
Chapter 19. Inflation and basic questions.

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