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Modern general relativity : black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmology
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Based around a course that the author has been teaching for many years, this modern textbook introduces the reader to the general theory of relativity using an example-based approach, before descri...
Based around a course that the author has been teaching for many years, this modern textbook introduces the reader to the general theory of relativity using an example-based approach, before describing its most important applications in cosmology and astrophysics, such as gamma-ray bursts, neutron stars, black holes, and gravitational waves.
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- Creator
- Mike Guidry (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019
- ©2019
- Physical Details
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- xxv, 598 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781107197893, 1107197899
- OCLC
- on1048657603
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction -- Coordinate systems and transformations -- Tensors and covariance -- Lorentz covariance and special relativity -- Lorentz-invariant dynamics -- The principle of equivalence -- Curved spacetime and general covariance -- The general theory of relativity -- The Schwarzschild spacetime -- Neutron stars and pulsars -- Spherical black holes -- Quantum black holes -- Rotating black holes -- Observational evidence for black holes -- Black holes as central engines -- The Hubble expansion -- Energy and matter in the universe -- Friedmann cosmologies -- Evolution of the universe -- The Big Bang -- Extending classical Big Bang Theory -- Gravitational waves -- Weak sources of gravitational waves -- Strong sources of gravitational waves -- Tests of general relativity -- Beyond standard models