Theory of Gravitational Interactions

This reference textbook is an up-to-date and self-contained introduction to the theory of gravitational interactions. The first part of the book follows the traditional presentation of general relativity as a geometric theory of the macroscopic gravitational field. A second, advanced part then discu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gasperini, Maurizio (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
Temas:
Gravitation.
Elementary particles (Physics).
Quantum field theory.
Cosmology.
Mathematical physics.
Classical and Quantum Gravity.
Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.
Mathematical Physics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Elementary notions of relativistic field theory
  • Towards a relativistic theory of gravity
  • Tensor calculus in a Riemannian manifold
  • Maxwell equations and Riemann geometry
  • Test bodies and signals in a Riemann spacetime
  • Geodesic deviation and curvature tensor
  • The Einstein equations for the gravitational field
  • The weak field approximation
  • Gravitational waves
  • The Schwarzschild solution
  • The Kasner solution
  • Vierbeins and Lorentz connection
  • The Dirac equation in a gravitational field
  • Supersimmetry and supergravity
  • Appendix A. The language of differential forms
  • Appendix B. Higher-dimensional gravity.

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