Gravitation and Inertia (eBook)

Ignazio Ciufolini, John Archibald Wheeler (Autoren)

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2018
512 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-19019-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Einstein's standard and battle-tested geometric theory of gravity--spacetime tells mass how to move and mass tells spacetime how to curve--is expounded in this book by Ignazio Ciufolini and John Wheeler. They give special attention to the theory's observational checks and to two of its consequences: the predicted existence of gravitomagnetism and the origin of inertia (local inertial frames) in Einstein's general relativity: inertia here arises from mass there. The authors explain the modern understanding of the link between gravitation and inertia in Einstein's theory, from the origin of inertia in some cosmological models of the universe, to the interpretation of the initial value formulation of Einstein's standard geometrodynamics; and from the devices and the methods used to determine the local inertial frames of reference, to the experiments used to detect and measure the "dragging of inertial frames of reference." In this book, Ciufolini and Wheeler emphasize present, past, and proposed tests of gravitational interaction, metric theories, and general relativity. They describe the numerous confirmations of the foundations of geometrodynamics and some proposed experiments, including space missions, to test some of its fundamental predictions--in particular gravitomagnetic field or "dragging of inertial frames" and gravitational waves.

Autor

Ignazio Ciufolini is a Research Associate at CNR-IFSI in Rome. John Archibald Wheeler, one of the world's foremost relativists, is Professor Emeritus of Physics at Princeton University. His books include A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime; with Edwin F. Taylor, Spacetime Physics; and, with Charles Misner and Kip Thorne, Gravitation; all published by W. H. Freeman & Co.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.6.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Physics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Physics
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Schlagworte: acceleration • Angular momentum • Anisotropy • Apsis • baryon number • Binary Pulsar • Brans–Dicke theory • Cauchy surface • center of mass • Chronology protection conjecture • classical electromagnetism • classical mechanics • Closed timelike curve • coordinate system • Cosmic microwave background • cosmic string • cosmological constant • Curvature • deceleration parameter • Einstein Field Equations • Electromagnetic radiation • Energy Density • Equation • Equations of motion • Equivalence Principle • Flatness problem • Four-velocity • Frame-dragging • Gaussian curvature • General relativity • geodesic • Geodesy • geometrodynamics • Geometry • Graviphoton • Gravitational constant • Gravitational Field • gravitational lens • Gravitational redshift • gravitational time dilation • Gravitational Wave • Gravitational-wave observatory • Gravitoelectromagnetism • Graviton • Gravity • Horizon problem • Hubble's law • hypersurface • Inflation (cosmology) • Interferometry • Inverse-square law • Kerr metric • LAGEOS • Lambda-CDM model • Lense–Thirring precession • Lorentz covariance • Lorentz transformation • mach's principle • Magnetic field • Mass • mass–energy equivalence • Measurement • Metric tensor (general relativity) • Minkowski space • negative energy • Newton's law of universal gravitation • Nodal precession • Nordtvedt effect • Orbital eccentricity • Orbital period • Penrose process • Perfect Fluid • Photon • physical cosmology • Preferred frame • Pseudo-Riemannian manifold • Pseudotensor • Quantity • Quantum fluctuation • Quantum Gravity • Raychaudhuri equation • relativistic dynamics • resonance • Ricci curvature • Riemann curvature tensor • Riemannian manifold • Rotation • Schwarzschild metric • spacecraft • Special relativity • Spin (physics) • Stress–energy tensor • Test particle • Tests of general relativity • Theory of relativity • Thomas precession • Time dilation • two-dimensional space • World Line • wormhole
• ISBN-10: 0-691-19019-4 / 0691190194
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-19019-8 / 9780691190198