Einstein’s Field Equations and Their Physical Implications

Selected Essays in Honour of Jürgen Ehlers

Buch | Softcover

XIII, 433 Seiten

2010 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-08637-3 (ISBN)

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This book serves two purposes. The authors present important aspects of modern research on the mathematical structure of Einstein's field equations and they show how to extract their physical content from them by mathematically exact methods. The essays are devoted to exact solutions and to the Cauchy problem of the field equations as well as to post-Newtonian approximations that have direct physical implications. Further topics concern quantum gravity and optics in gravitational fields.
The book addresses researchers in relativity and differential geometry but can also be used as additional reading material for graduate students.

Selected Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations: Their Role in General Relativity and Astrophysics.- The Cauchy Problem for the Einstein Equations.- Post-Newtonian Gravitational Radiation.- Duality and Hidden Symmetries in Gravitational Theories.- Time-Independent Gravitational Fields.- Gravitational Lensing from a Geometric Viewpoint.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.12.2010
Reihe/Serie	Lecture Notes in Physics
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 433 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	678 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik
Schlagworte	astrophysics • Differential Geometry • Einstein's equation • General relativity • geometrical optics • Gravitational Lensing • Gravity • Post Newtonian Approximation • Quantum Gravity • Relativity
ISBN-10	3-642-08637-3 / 3642086373
ISBN-13	978-3-642-08637-3 / 9783642086373
Zustand	Neuware