Lectures on gravitation / Ashok Das.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Das, Ashok, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

General relativity (Physics)--Textbooks.

General relativity (Physics).

Big bang theory--Textbooks.

Big bang theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a compilation of the lectures for a one-semester course on gravitation at the University of Rochester. Starting from a simple description of geometry, the topics are systematically developed to the big bang theory with a simple derivation of the cosmic background temperature. Several informative examples are worked out in detail as well.

Contents:

Preface; Contents; 1 Basics of geometry and relativity; 2 Relativistic dynamics; 3 Principle of general covariance; 4 Affine connection and covariant derivative; 5 Geodesic equation; 6 Applications of the geodesic equation; 7 Curvature tensor and Einstein's equation; 8 Schwarzschild solution; 9 Tests of general relativity; 10 Black holes; 11 Cosmological models and the big bang theory; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. vii) and index.

ISBN:

9786613148629

9781283148627

1283148625

9789814329392

9814329398

OCLC:

742232113