Gravity, a Geometrical Course (Record no. 99606)
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| control field | 978-94-007-5361-7 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 9789400753617 |
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| Standard number or code | 10.1007/978-94-007-5361-7 |
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| Classification number | QC178 |
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| Classification number | QC173.5-173.65 |
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| Subject category code | PHDV |
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| Subject category code | PHR |
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| Subject category code | SCI033000 |
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| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 530.1 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Frè, Pietro Giuseppe. |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Gravity, a Geometrical Course |
| Medium | [electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title | Volume 1: Development of the Theory and Basic Physical Applications / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by Pietro Giuseppe Frè. |
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| -- | Imprint: Springer, |
| -- | 2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | XVIII, 336 p. 125 illus. |
| Other physical details | online resource. |
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| Formatted contents note | Acknowledgement -- Preface -- Special Relativity: setting the stage.- Manifolds and fibre bundles -- Connections and Metrics -- Motion in the Schwarzschild Field -- Einstein versus Yang Mills Field Equations -- Stellar Equilibrium -- Gravitational Waves and the Binary Pulsars -- Conclusion of volume 1 -- Appendix A: Spinors and Gamma Matrix Algebra -- Appendix B: Mathematica Packages -- Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | ‘Gravity, a Geometrical Course’ presents general relativity (GR) in a systematic and exhaustive way, covering three aspects that are homogenized into a single texture: i) the mathematical, geometrical foundations, exposed in a self consistent contemporary formalism, ii) the main physical, astrophysical and cosmological applications, updated to the issues of contemporary research and observations, with glimpses on supergravity and superstring theory, iii) the historical development of scientific ideas underlying both the birth of general relativity and its subsequent evolution. The book is divided in two volumes. Volume One is dedicated to the development of the theory and basic physical applications. It guides the reader from the foundation of special relativity to Einstein field equations, illustrating some basic applications in astrophysics. A detailed account of the historical and conceptual development of the theory is combined with the presentation of its mathematical foundations. Differentiable manifolds, fibre-bundles, differential forms, and the theory of connections are covered, with a sketchy introduction to homology and cohomology. (Pseudo)-Riemannian geometry is presented both in the metric and in the vielbein approach. Physical applications include the motions in a Schwarzschild field leading to the classical tests of GR (light-ray bending and periastron advance) discussion of relativistic stellar equilibrium, white dwarfs, Chandrasekhar mass limit and polytropes. An entire chapter is devoted to tests of GR and to the indirect evidence of gravitational wave emission. The formal structure of gravitational theory is at all stages compared with that of non gravitational gauge theories, as a preparation to its modern extension, namely supergravity, discussed in the second volume. Pietro Frè is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Torino, Italy. He has taught General Relativity for 15 years. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Physics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematical physics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Physics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Quantum Field Theories, String Theory. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Cosmology. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematical Methods in Physics. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Title | Springer eBooks |
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| Display text | Printed edition: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789400753600 |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5361-7 |
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