Problem Book in Relativity and Gravitation / Richard H. Price, Alan P. Lightman, William H. Press, Saul A. Teukolsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lightman, Alan P., author.

Press, William H., author.

Price, Richard H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relativity (Physics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (617 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

An essential resource for learning about general relativity and much more, from four leading expertsImportant and useful to every student of relativity, this book is a unique collection of some 475 problems--with solutions--in the fields of special and general relativity, gravitation, relativistic astrophysics, and cosmology. The problems are expressed in broad physical terms to enhance their pertinence to readers with diverse backgrounds. In their solutions, the authors have attempted to convey a mode of approach to these kinds of problems, revealing procedures that can reduce the labor of calculations while avoiding the pitfall of too much or too powerful formalism. Although well suited for individual use, the volume may also be used with one of the modem textbooks in general relativity.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Notation

Problems

1. Special-Relativistic Kinematics

2. Special-Relativistic Dynamics

3. Special-Relativistic Coordinate Transformations, Invariants and Tensors

4. Electromagnetism

5. Matter and Radiation

6. Metrics

7. Covariant Differentiation and Geodesic Curves

8. Differential Geometry: Further Concepts

9. Curvature

10. Killing Vectors and Symmetries

12. Gravitation Generally

13. Gravitational Field Equations and Linearized Theory

14. Physics in Curved Spacetime

15. The Schwarzschild Geometry

16. Spherical Symmetry and Relativistic Stellar Structure

17. Black Holes

18. Gravitational Radiation

19. Cosmology

20. Experimental Tests

21. Miscellaneous

Solutions

1. Solutions

2. Solutions

3. Solutions

4. Solutions

5. Solutions

6. Solutions

7. Solutions

8. Solutions

9.Solutions

10. Solutions

11. Solutions

12. Solutions

13. Solutions

14. Solutions

15. Solutions

16. Solutions

17. Solutions

18. Solutions

19. Solutions

20. Solutions

21. Solutions

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-691-17778-3

0-691-08162-X

1-4008-8901-4

OCLC:

1002699906