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100 1 _aGourgoulhon, Éric.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aSpecial Relativity in General Frames
_h[electronic resource] :
_bFrom Particles to Astrophysics /
_cby Éric Gourgoulhon.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2013.
300 _aXXX, 784 p. 178 illus., 159 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
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_2rda
490 1 _aGraduate Texts in Physics,
_x1868-4513
505 0 _aMinkowski Spacetime -- Worldlines and Proper Time -- Observers -- Kinematics 1: Motion with Respect to an Observer -- Kinematics 2: Change of Observer -- Lorentz Group -- Lorentz Group as a Lie Group -- Inertial Observers and Poincaré Group -- Energy and Momentum -- Angular Momentum -- Principle of Least Action -- Accelerated Observers -- Rotating Observers -- Tensors and Alternate Forms -- Fields on Spacetime -- Integration in Spacetime -- Electromagnetic Field -- Maxwell Equations -- Energy-Momentum Tensor -- Energy-Momentum of the Electromagnetic Field -- Relativistic Hydrodynamics -- What about Relativistic Gravitation? -- A Basic Algebra -- B Web Pages -- C Special Relativity Books.
520 _aSpecial relativity is the basis of many fields in modern physics: particle physics, quantum field theory, high-energy astrophysics, etc. This theory is presented here by adopting a four-dimensional point of view from the start. An outstanding feature of the book is that it doesn’t restrict itself to inertial frames but considers accelerated and rotating observers. It is thus possible to treat physical effects such as the Thomas precession or the Sagnac effect in a simple yet precise manner. In the final chapters, more advanced topics like tensorial fields in spacetime, exterior calculus and relativistic hydrodynamics are addressed. In the last, brief chapter the author gives a preview of gravity and shows where it becomes incompatible with Minkowsky spacetime. Well illustrated and enriched by many historical notes, this book also presents many applications of special relativity, ranging from particle physics (accelerators, particle collisions, quark-gluon plasma) to astrophysics (relativistic jets, active galactic nuclei), and including practical applications (Sagnac gyrometers, synchrotron radiation, GPS). In addition, the book provides some mathematical developments, such as the detailed analysis of the Lorentz group and its Lie algebra. The book is suitable for students in the third year of a physics degree or on a masters course, as well as researchers and any reader interested in relativity. Thanks to the geometric approach adopted, this book should also be beneficial for the study of general relativity. “A modern presentation of special relativity must put forward its essential structures, before illustrating them using concrete applications to specific dynamical problems. Such is the challenge (so successfully met!) of the beautiful book by Éric Gourgoulhon.” (excerpt from the Foreword by Thibault Damour)
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 0 _aMathematics.
650 0 _aParticle acceleration.
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aTheoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.
650 2 4 _aAstrophysics and Astroparticles.
650 2 4 _aParticle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.
650 2 4 _aClassical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.
650 2 4 _aFluid- and Aerodynamics.
650 2 4 _aApplications of Mathematics.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783642372759
830 0 _aGraduate Texts in Physics,
_x1868-4513
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37276-6
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