Thomas A Moore: A General Relativity Workbook

Cover: 9781891389825 | A General Relativity Workbook | Thomas A Moore | Taschenbuch | 2012

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Beschreibung

A General Relativity Workbook is a textbook intended to support a one-semester undergraduate course on general relativity. Through its unique workbook-based design, it enables students to develop a solid mastery of both the physics and the supporting tensor calculus by guiding them to work through the implications. The mathematics is introduced gradually and in a completely physical context. Each chapter, which is designed to correspond to one class session, involves a short overview of the concepts without obscuring derivations or details, followed by a series of boxes that guide students through the process of working things out. This active-learning approach enables students to develop a more secure mastery of the material than more traditional approaches. More than 350 homework problems support further learning.

Über den Autor

THOMAS A. MOORE is a Professor in the physics department of Pomona College, California, USA.

Zusammenfassung

A unique workbook style text, which guides students through the key concepts and processes of the physics and supporting mathematics in general relativity

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction .- Review of Special Relativity.- Four-Vectors.- Index Notation .- Arbitrary Coordinates.- Tensor Equations.- Maxwell's Equations .- Geodesics.- The Schwarzschild Metric.- Particle Orbits.- Precession of the Perihelion.- Photon Orbits.- Deflection of Light.- Event Horizon.- Alternative Coordinates.- Black Hole Thermodynamics.- The Absolute Gradient.- Geodesic Deviation.- The Riemann Tensor.- The Stress-Energy Tensor.- The Einstein Equation.- Interpreting the Equation.- The Schwarzschild Solution.- The Universe Observed.- A Metric for the Cosmos.- Evolution of the Universe.- Cosmic Implications.- The Early Universe.- CMB Fluctuations and Inflation.- Gauge Freedom.- Detecting Gravitational Waves.- Gravitational Wave Energy.- Generating Gravitational Waves.- Gravitational Wave Astronomy.- Gravitomagnetism.- The Kerr Metric.- Particle Orbits in Kerr Spacetime.- Ergoregion and Horizon.- Negative-Energy Orbits.- Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2012
Fachbereich:	Theoretische Physik
Genre:	Physik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781891389825
ISBN-10:	1891389823
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Moore, Thomas A
Hersteller:	University Science Books
Maße:	279 x 217 x 25 mm
Von/Mit:	Thomas A Moore
Erscheinungsdatum:	10.12.2012
Gewicht:	1,134 kg