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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Main Author: Guidry, M. W. (Michael Wayne) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Physical Description:
xxv, 598 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subjects:
General relativity (Physics) -- Textbooks.
Astronomy -- Textbooks.
Physics -- Textbooks.
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.

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