V. Belinski

Gravitational Solitons (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This 2001 book gives a self-contained exposition of the theory of gravitational solitons and provides a comprehensive review of exact soliton solutions to Einstein's equations. The text begins with a detailed discussion of the extension of the Inverse Scattering Method to the theory of gravitation, starting with pure gravity and then extending it to the coupling of gravity with the electromagnetic field. There follows a systematic review of the gravitational soliton solutions based on their symmetries. These solutions include some of the most interesting in gravitational physics such as those describing inhomogeneous cosmological models, cylindrical waves, the collision of exact gravity waves, and the Schwarzschild and Kerr black holes. A valuable reference for researchers and graduate students in the fields of general relativity, string theory and cosmology, this book will also be of interest to mathematical physicists in general.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511028762
• Artikelnr.: 38216052

Autorenporträt

Vladimir A. Belinski studied at the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, where he completed his doctorate and worked until 1990. Currently he is Research Supervisor by special appointment at the National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Rome, specialising in General Relativity, Cosmology and Nonlinear Physics. He is best known for two scientific results, firstly the proof that there is an infinite curvature singularity in the general solution of Einstein equations, and the discovery of the chaotic oscillatory structure of this singularity, known as the BKL singularity (1968-75, with I. M. Khalatnikov and E. M. Lifshitz), and secondly the formulation of the Inverse Scattering Method in General Relativity and the discovery of gravitational solitons (1977-82, with V. E. Zakharov).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Inverse scattering technique in gravity
2. General properties of gravitational solitons
3. Einstein-Maxwell fields
4. Cosmology: diagonal metrics from Kasner
5. Cosmology: nondiagonal metrics and perturbed FLRW
6. Cylindrical symmetry
7. Plane waves and colliding plane waves
8. Axial symmetry
Bibliography
Index.