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Modern general relativity black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmology /
Based around a course that the author has been teaching for many years, this modern textbook introduces the reader to the general theory of relativity using an example-based approach, before describing its most important applications in cosmology and astrophysics, such as gamma-ray bursts, neutron s...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2019.
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xxv, 598 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
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Contents:
- Introduction
- Coordinate systems and transformations
- Tensors and covariance
- Lorentz covariance and special relativity
- Lorentz-invariant dynamics
- The principle of equivalence
- Curved spacetime and general covariance
- The general theory of relativity
- The Schwarzschild spacetime
- Neutron stars and pulsars
- Spherical black holes
- Quantum black holes
- Rotating black holes
- Observational evidence for black holes
- Black holes as central engines
- The Hubble expansion
- Energy and matter in the universe
- Friedmann cosmologies
- Evolution of the universe
- The Big Bang
- Extending classical Big Bang Theory
- Gravitational waves
- Weak sources of gravitational waves
- Strong sources of gravitational waves
- Tests of general relativity
- Beyond standard models.