Relativity, gravitation and cosmology: a basic introduction

by Cheng, Ta-Pei

Type Book

Rate 0.0 /5

Details

Files

Reviews

Download

Title Statements

Full title :Relativity, gravitation and cosmology : a basic introduction / Ta-Pei Cheng.

Summary

Einstein's general theory of relativity is introduced in this advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate level textbook. Topics include special relativity, the principle of equivalence, Riemannian geometry and tensor analysis, Einstein field equation, as well as many modern cosmological subjects: from primordial inflation, cosmic microwave anisotropy to the dark energy that propels an accelerating universe. The subjects are presented with an emphasis on physical examples and simple applications. One first learns how to describe curved spacetime. At this mathematically more accessible level, the reader can already study the many interesting phenomena such as gravitational lensing, black holes, and cosmology. The full tensor formulation is presented later, when the Einstein equation is solved for a few symmetric cases. Mathematical accessibility, together with the various pedagogical devices (e.g., worked-out solutions of chapter-end problems), make it practical for interested readers to use the book to study general relativity and cosmology on their own. In this new edition of the book, presentations on special relativity and black holes are augmented by new chapters. Other parts of the book are updated to include new observation tests of general relativity (e.g., the double pular system) and more recent evidence for dark matter and dark energy.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2010.
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 435 pages : : illustrations ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199573639, 0199573638, 9780199573646, 0199573646
oclc:ocn436358414
LC Classification:QC173.6
Dewey Decimal:530.11

I. Preliminaries -- 1. Introduction and Overview -- 2. Special relativity: the basics -- II. Relativity -- Metric Description of Spacetime -- 3. Special relativity: the geometric formulation -- 4. Principle of equivalence -- 5. Metric description of a curved space -- 6. GR as a geometric theory of gravity -- I -- 7. Spherically symmetric spacetime -- GR tests -- 8. Black holes -- III. Cosmology -- 9. Homogeneous and isotropic universe -- 10. Expanding universe and thermal relics -- 11. Inflation and the accelerating universe -- IV. Relativity -- Full Tensor Formulation -- 12. Tensors in special relativity -- 13. Tensors in general relativity -- 14. GR as a geometric theory of gravity -- II -- 15. Linearized theory and gravitational waves -- Physical constants.

Subjects

Cosmologie cosmology General relativity (Physics) General relativity (Physics) -- Textboo… Gravitation Gravité Gravity kosmologie Relativitätstheorie Space and time Textbooks