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Relativity, gravitation and cosmology : a basic introduction

Ta-Pei. Cheng

Oxford ; Oxford University Press, New York 2010

Localização: IF - Instituto de Física    (530.11 C518r 2.ed )(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Relativity, gravitation and cosmology : a basic introduction
  • Autor: Ta-Pei. Cheng
  • Assuntos: General relativity (Physics) -- Textbooks; Space and time; Gravity; Cosmology; RELATIVIDADE (FÍSICA)
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Descrição: I. Preliminaries -- 1. Introduction and Overview -- 2. Special relativity: the basics -- II. Relativity - Metric Description of Spacetime -- 3. Special relativity: the geometric formulation -- 4. Principle of equivalence -- 5. Metric description of a curved space -- 6. GR as a geometric theory of gravity - I -- 7. Spherically symmetric spacetime - GR tests -- 8. Black holes -- III. Cosmology -- 9. Homogeneous and isotropic universe -- 10. Expanding universe and thermal relics -- 11. Inflation and the accelerating universe -- IV. Relativity - Full Tensor Formulation -- 12. Tensors in special relativity -- 13. Tensors in general relativity -- 14. GR as a geometric theory of gravity - II -- 15. Linearized theory and gravitational waves -- Physical constants.
  • Títulos relacionados: Série:Oxford master series in physics ; 11.; Oxford master series in physics. Particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
  • Editor: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, New York
  • Data de criação/publicação: 2010
  • Formato: xiii, 435 p. : ill. ; 26 cm..
  • Idioma: Inglês

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