Advanced General Relativity - Gravity Waves, Spinning Particles, and Black Holes

Zusatztext I would recommend this book for people planning a career in General Relativity research or who are considering embarking on a PhD concerning some aspect of this subject. Informationen zum Autor C. Barrabès: Research Fellow previously: Département d'Astrophysique Relativiste et Cosmologie, CNRS Observatoire de Paris-Meudon and Laboratoire de Mathématiques et Physique Théorique, UMR 7350-CNRS Université de Tours.; P. A. Hogan: Research Fellow previously: School of Theoretical Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Center for Relativity, University of Texas at Austin and School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin. Klappentext The book covers mainstream topics at research level involving gravitational waves, spinning particles, and black holes, suitable for graduates and early postgraduates exploring avenues into research in general relativity. Zusammenfassung The book covers mainstream topics at research level involving gravitational waves, spinning particles, and black holes, suitable for graduates and early postgraduates exploring avenues into research in general relativity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1: Minkowskian space-time 2: Plane gravitational waves 3: Equations of motion 4: Inhomogeneous aspects of cosmology 5: Black holes 6: Higher dimensional black holes Appendix A: Notation Appendix B: Transport law For k along r=0 Appendix C: Some useful scalar products References Index

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• Autori: Claude Barrabes, Claude (Laboratoire de Mathematiques et Physique Theorique Barrabes, Claude/ Hogan Barrabes, Claude Barrabès, Peter A. Hogan, Peter A. (School of Physics Hogan, Hogan Peter A.
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 18.07.2013
• EAN: 9780199680696
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968069-6
• Pagine: 160
• Serie: International Series of Monographs on Physics; International Series of Monogr; International Series of Monogr; International Series of Monographs on Physics
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Fisica teorica; Astrophysics, Gravity, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Physics / Relativity, Theoretical & mathematical astronomy, Relativity physics, Mathematical physics, Theoretical and mathematical astronomy, SCIENCE / Physics / Gravity, Mathematical / Computational / Theoretical physics