Relativity in Modern Physics

NOTE EDITORE

This comprehensive textbook on relativity integrates Newtonian physics, special relativity and general relativity into a single book that emphasizes the deep underlying principles common to them all, yet explains how they are applied in different ways in these three contexts. Newton's ideas about how to represent space and time, his laws of dynamics, and his theory of gravitation established the conceptual foundation from which modern physics developed. Book I in this volume offers undergraduates a modern view of Newtonian theory, emphasizing those aspects needed for understanding quantum and relativistic contemporary physics. In 1905, Albert Einstein proposed a novel representation of space and time, special relativity. Book II presents relativistic dynamics in inertial and accelerated frames, as well as a detailed overview of Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism. This provides undergraduate and graduate students with the background necessary for studying particle and accelerator physics, astrophysics and Einstein's theory of general relativity. In 1915, Einstein proposed a new theory of gravitation, general relativity. Book III in this volume develops the geometrical framework in which Einstein's equations are formulated, and presents several key applications: black holes, gravitational radiation, and cosmology, which will prepare graduate students to carry out research in relativistic astrophysics, gravitational wave astronomy, and cosmology.

SOMMARIO

1 - Cartesian coordinates2 - Vector geometry3 - Curvilinear coordinates4 - Differential geometry5 - Equations of motion6 - Dynamics of massive systems7 - Conservation laws8 - Lagrangian mechanics9 - Hamiltonian mechanics10 - Kinetic theory11 - The law of gravitation12 - The Kepler problem13 - The N-body problem14 - Deformations of celestial bodies15 - Self-gravitating fluids16 - Newtonian cosmology17 - Light in Newtonian theory1 - Minkowski spacetime2 - The kinematics of a point particle3 - The kinematics of light4 - The wave vector of light5 - Accelerated frames6 - Dynamics of a point particle7 - Rotating systems8 - Fields and matter9 - The classical scalar field10 - The Nordström theory11 - The Lorentz force12 - The Maxwell equaions13 - Constant fields14 - The free field15 - Electromagnetic waves16 - Waves in a medium17 - The field of moving charge18 - Radiation by a charge19 - The radiation reaction force20 - Interacting charges I21 - Interacting charges II22 - Electromagnetism and differential geometry1 - The equivalence principle2 - Riemannian manifolds3 - Matter in curved spacetime4 - The Einstein equations5 - Conservation laws6 - The Schwarzchild solution7 - The Schwarzchild black hole8 - The Kerr solution9 - The physics of black holes I10 - The physics of black holes II11 - Tests in the solar system12 - The post-Newtonian approximation13 - Gravitational waves and the radiative field14 - Gravitational radiation15 - The two-body problem and radiative losses16 - The two-body problem: an effective-one-body approach: Written in collaboration with Félix-Louis Julié17 - Cosmological spacetimes18 - Friedmann-Lemaître spacetimes19 - The Lambda-CDM model of the hot Big Bang20 - Inflationary models of the primordial universe21 - Cosmological perturbations22 - Primordial quantum perturbations23 - The covariant derivative and the curvature24 - Riemannian manifolds25 - The Cartan structure equations

AUTORE

Nathalie Deruelle and Jean-Philippe Uzan are researchers in Theoretical Physics. After a career at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France, Nathalie Deruelle is now an invited professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Jean-Philippe Uzan is a CNRS researcher at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP) from Sorbonne Université. They are both affiliated professors at the Kyoto Yukawa Institute (YITP).

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198939788
• Collana: Oxford Graduate Texts
• Dimensioni: 245 x 36.0 x 170 mm Ø 1232 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 704