General relativity

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Part 1. The General Theory of Relativity -- Introduction -- Physics in External Gravitational Fields -- Einstein's Field Equations -- Part 2. 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-Lemaître Models -- Part 3. Differential Geometry -- Differentiable Manifolds -- Tangent Vectors, Vector and Tensor Fields -- The Lie Derivative -- Differential Forms -- Affine Connections -- Some Details and Supplements

Author(s): Norbert Straumann
Series: Graduate texts in physics
Edition: 2ed.
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2013

Language: English
Pages: 738
City: Heidelberg ; New York
Tags: Физика;Теория относительности и альтернативные теории гравитации;