Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology

A Primer

Peter Hoyng - Collection A and A Library

305 pages, parution le 28/02/2006

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Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology offers a succinct and self-contained treatment of general relativity and its application to compact objects, gravitational waves and cosmology. The required mathematical concepts are introduced informally, following geometrical intuition as much as possible. The approach is theoretical, but there is ample discussion of observational aspects and of instrumental issues where appropriate.

The book includes such topical issues as the Gravity Probe B mission, interferometer detectors of gravitational waves, and the physics behind the angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Written for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in (astro)physics, it is ideally suited for a lecture course and contains 140 exercises with extensive hints. The reader is assumed to be familiar with linear algebra and analysis, ordinary differential equations, special relativity, and basic thermal physics.

Written for: Advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in (astro) physics

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Introduction
Geometry of Riemann Spaces
The Field Equations
The Schwarzschild Metric
Compact Stars
Black Holes
Gravitational Waves
Fermi-Walker Metric
The Robertson-Walker Metric
The Evolution of the Universe
Observational Cosmology
The Big Bang
Inflation

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Peter Hoyng
Collection	A and A Library
Parution	28/02/2006
Nb. de pages	305
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	630g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781402045219
ISBN13	978-1-4020-4521-9