Expanding Universe

E. Schrödinger (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

1956
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-06221-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Originally published in 1956, this book was based on a brief course of lectures delivered during the summer term of 1954 at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. It provides a concise interpretation of universe expansion and contemporary theories relating to it.

Inhalt

Preface; Part I. The de Sitter Universe: 1. Synthetic construction; 2. The reduced model: geodesics; 3. The elliptic interpretation; 4. The static frame; 5. The determination of parallaxes; 6. The Lemaître-Robertson frame; Part II. The Theory of Geodesics: 7. On null geodesics; i. Determination of the parameter for null lines in special cases; ii. Frequency shift; 8. Free particles and light rays in general expanding spaces, flat or hyperspherical; i. Flat spaces; ii. Spherical spaces; iii. The red shift for spherical spaces; Part III. Waves in General Riemannian Space–Time: 9. The nature of our approximation; 10. The Hamilton-Jacobi theory in a gravitational field; 11. Procuring approximate solutions of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation from wave theory; Part IV. Waves in an Expanding Universe: 12. General considerations; 13. Proper vibrations and wave parcels; Bibliography.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.1.1956
• Zusatzinfo: Worked examples or Exercises
• Verlagsort: Cambridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Gewicht: 269 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• ISBN-10: 0-521-06221-7 / 0521062217
• ISBN-13: 978-0-521-06221-3 / 9780521062213
• Zustand: Neuware