Relativity and Cosmology (eBook)

Volume 5 of Modern Classical Physics

Roger D. Blandford, Kip S. Thorne (Autoren)

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2021
416 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21554-9 (ISBN)

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A groundbreaking textbook on twenty-first-century general relativity and cosmologyKip Thorne and Roger Blandford's monumental Modern Classical Physics is now available in five stand-alone volumes that make ideal textbooks for individual graduate or advanced undergraduate courses on statistical physics; optics; elasticity and fluid dynamics; plasma physics; and relativity and cosmology. Each volume teaches the fundamental concepts, emphasizes modern, real-world applications, and gives students a physical and intuitive understanding of the subject.Relativity and Cosmology is an essential introduction to the subject, including remarkable recent advances. Written by award-winning physicists who have made fundamental contributions to the field and taught it for decades, the book differs from most others on the subject in important ways. It highlights recent transformations in our understanding of black holes, gravitational waves, and the cosmos; it emphasizes the physical interpretation of general relativity in terms of measurements made by observers; it explains the physics of the Riemann tensor in terms of tidal forces, differential frame dragging, and associated field lines; it presents an astrophysically oriented description of spinning black holes; it gives a detailed analysis of an incoming gravitational wave's interaction with a detector such as LIGO; and it provides a comprehensive, in-depth account of the universe's evolution, from its earliest moments to the present. While the book is designed to be used for a one-quarter or full-semester course, it goes deep enough to provide a foundation for understanding and participating in some areas of cutting-edge research.Includes many exercise problemsFeatures color figures, suggestions for further reading, extensive cross-references, and a detailed indexOptional "e;Track 2"e; sections make this an ideal book for a one-quarter or one-semester courseAn online illustration package is available to professorsThe five volumes, which are available individually as paperbacks and ebooks, are Statistical Physics; Optics; Elasticity and Fluid Dynamics; Plasma Physics; and Relativity and Cosmology.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.5.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 56 color + 2 b/w illus. 1 table.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie
• Schlagworte: acceleration • accretion disk • Amplitude • Angular momentum • Baryon • Baryon Acoustic Oscillations • baryon number • Binary Pulsar • Black Hole • Boltzmann equation • Bose–Einstein statistics • Calculation • Carroll • Center of mass (relativistic) • Cheng • classical electromagnetism • Classical physics • conservation law • coordinate system • Copernican Principle • Correspondence principle • Cosmic microwave background • cosmological constant • Course Book • curved • dark energy • Dark Matter • deceleration parameter • De Sitter universe • Directional derivative • doctorate • Eddington–Finkelstein coordinates • Einstein Field Equations • Einstein’s laws • Electromagnetic radiation • Energy Density • Equivalence Principle • Event Horizon Telescope • Flat • Frame-dragging • Friedmann equations • Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric • General relativity • Geodesics in general relativity • Geometry • gravitational acceleration • Gravitational constant • Gravitational Field • gravitational lens • Gravitational redshift • Gravitational Wave • Gravitational-wave astronomy • gravitational waves • Graviton • Gravity • Horizon problem • Hubble's law • hypersurface • Imaginary Time • Interferometry • Kerr • Kerr metric • Lambda-CDM model • Lense–Thirring precession • Leptogenesis (physics) • Liddle • light cone • LIGO • Lorentz • Lorentz covariance • Lorentz transformation • mass–energy equivalence • Maxwell • Measurement • Metric tensor (general relativity) • Minkowski space • Neutrino • neutron star • Newtonian Potential • Newton's law of universal gravitation • numerical relativity • Orbit • Penrose process • Photon • Physical law • physicist • physics PhD texts • plane wave • Post-Newtonian expansion • Preferred frame • primary textbook • Quadrupole • Quantity • Quantum Gravity • quantum mechanics • Radiation • Reference book • Relativistic Quantum Mechanics • renormalization • Rindler coordinates • Ryden • scattering • schwarzschild • Schwarzschild coordinates • Schwarzschild metric • schwarzschild radius • Simultaneity • Spacetime • Special relativity • stress energy tensor • Stress–energy tensor • Strong gravity • Tangent Space • taught at Caltech • Teaching Physics • Temperature • Test particle • Tests of general relativity • Tidal force • Time dilation • Time Travel • twin paradox • Ultimate fate of the universe • undergrad • Wald • World Line • wormhole
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21554-5 / 0691215545
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21554-9 / 9780691215549