Thomas A Moore

A General Relativity Workbook

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Science Books
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 279mm x 217mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1134g
• ISBN-13: 9781891389825
• ISBN-10: 1891389823
• Artikelnr.: 36550090

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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.