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Black holes, cosmology and extra dimensions /
Assuming foundational knowledge of special and general relativity, this book guides the reader on issues surrounding black holes, wormholes, cosmology, and extra dimensions. Its first part is devoted to local strong field configurations (black holes and wormholes) in general relativity and the most...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore ; London :
World Scientific,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Assuming foundational knowledge of special and general relativity, this book guides the reader on issues surrounding black holes, wormholes, cosmology, and extra dimensions. Its first part is devoted to local strong field configurations (black holes and wormholes) in general relativity and the most relevant of alternative theories: scalar?tensor, f(R) and multidimensional theories. The second part is on cosmology, including inflation and a unified description of the whole evolution of the universe. The third part concerns multidimensional theories of gravity and contains a number of original r. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 427 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-424) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789814374217 9814374210 1283739364 9781283739368 9814374202 9789814374200 |