Problem Book in Relativity and Gravitation (eBook)

Alan P Lightman, William H. Press, Richard H. Price, Saul A. Teukolsky (Autoren)

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2017
616 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-8901-3 (ISBN)

Infos

An essential resource for learning about general relativity and much more, from four leading expertsImportant and useful to every student of relativity, this book is a unique collection of some 475 problems--with solutions--in the fields of special and general relativity, gravitation, relativistic astrophysics, and cosmology. The problems are expressed in broad physical terms to enhance their pertinence to readers with diverse backgrounds. In their solutions, the authors have attempted to convey a mode of approach to these kinds of problems, revealing procedures that can reduce the labor of calculations while avoiding the pitfall of too much or too powerful formalism. Although well suited for individual use, the volume may also be used with one of the modem textbooks in general relativity.

Autor

Alan P. Lightman is professor of the practice of the humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His books include Screening Room and Einstein’s Dreams. William H. Press is the Warren J. and Viola M. Raymer Professor in Computer Science and in Integrative Biology at the University of Texas, Austin. Richard H. Price is senior lecturer in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the coeditor of Black Holes. Saul A. Teukolsky is the Hans A. Bethe Professor of Physics and Astrophysics at Cornell University and the coauthor of Black Holes, White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars. Press and Teukolsky are coauthors in the Numerical Recipes book series.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2017
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
• Schlagworte: acceleration • Amplitude • angular frequency • Angular momentum • angular velocity • Baryon • Basis (linear algebra) • Birkhoff's theorem (electromagnetism) • Brans–Dicke theory • Cartesian coordinate system • Cauchy stress tensor • Center of mass (relativistic) • Christoffel Symbols • Circular Orbit • circular polarization • classical mechanics • coordinate system • cosmological constant • Covariance and contravariance of vectors • covariant derivative • deceleration parameter • De Sitter universe • Divergence Theorem • Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors • Einstein Field Equations • Einstein tensor • Elliptic orbit • Energy Density • Equation • Equations of motion • Fermi energy • Fermion • Friedmann equations • Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric • Gauge Theory • Gaussian curvature • General relativity • geodesic • geodesic deviation • Geodesics in general relativity • Geometry • gravitational acceleration • Gravitational collapse • Gravitational constant • Gravitational Field • gravitational potential • Gravitational redshift • Gravitational Wave • Graviton • Gravity • Higgs boson • Hyperbolic function • hypersurface • Inertial frame of reference • Introduction to General relativity • Inverse-square law • Invertible matrix • Kerr metric • Lie derivative • Lorentz covariance • Lorentz transformation • mach's principle • mass–energy equivalence • Metric Space • Metric tensor (general relativity) • Minkowski space • Neutrino • Neutron • Newtonian Potential • Newton's law of universal gravitation • number density • Olbers' paradox • Perfect Fluid • Photon • physical cosmology • Raychaudhuri equation • relative velocity • Relativistic Quantum Mechanics • Ricci curvature • Riemann curvature tensor • Riemannian Geometry • Scalar Field • Scalar (physics) • Schwarzschild metric • schwarzschild radius • Simultaneity • Solution • Special relativity • Spin (physics) • Static spacetime • Stokes' theorem • Stress–energy tensor • Temperature • Tensor • Test particle • Theory of relativity • Vacuum Polarization • Vacuum solution (general relativity) • virial theorem • Weyl tensor
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-8901-4 / 1400889014
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-8901-3 / 9781400889013