General Relativity

• Main Author: Straumann, Norbert. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2013.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Mathematical Physics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5410-2

This book provides a completely revised and expanded version of the previous classic edition <U+0018>General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics<U+0019>. In Part I the foundations of general relativity are thoroughly developed, while Part II is devoted to tests of general relativity...

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: Part I The General Theory of Relativity
• Introduction
• Physics in External Gravitational Fields
• Einstein<U+0019>s Field Equations
• Part II Applications of General Relativity
• The Schwarzschild Solution and Classical Tests of General Relativity.- Weak Gravitational Fields
• The Post-Newtonian Approximation
• White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars
• Black Holes
• The Positive Mass Theorem
• Essentials of Friedmann-Lema¡1tre Models
• Part III Differential Geometry
• Differentiable Manifolds
• Tangent Vectors, Vector and Tensor Fields
• The Lie Derivative
• Differential Forms
• Affine Connections
• Some Details and Supplements.