Format:
Online-Ressource (XVI, 335 p. 39 illus., 35 illus. in color, online resource)
ISBN:
9789811310904
Series Statement:
Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
Content:
Following the approach of Lev Landau and Evgenii Lifshitz, this book introduces the theory of special and general relativity with the Lagrangian formalism and the principle of least action. This method allows the complete theory to be constructed starting from a small number of assumptions, and is the most natural approach in modern theoretical physics. The book begins by reviewing Newtonian mechanics and Newtonian gravity with the Lagrangian formalism and the principle of least action, and then moves to special and general relativity. Most calculations are presented step by step, as is done on the board in class. The book covers recent advances in gravitational wave astronomy and provides a general overview of current lines of research in gravity. It also includes numerous examples and problems in each chapter
Content:
Introduction -- Special Relativity -- Relativistic mechanics -- Electromagnetism -- Riemannian Geometry -- General Relativity -- Einstein’s Gravity -- Schwarzschild Spacetime -- Classical Tests of General Relativity -- Black Holes -- Cosmological Models -- Gravitational waves
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789811310898
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789811310911
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Bambi, Cosimo, 1980 - Introduction to general relativity Singapore : Springer, 2018 ISBN 9789811310898
Language:
English
Subjects:
Physics
Keywords:
Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie
;
Lehrbuch
DOI:
10.1007/978-981-13-1090-4
