出版社: Cambridge University Press
副标题: Second Edition
出版年: 2009-6-22
页数: 410
定价: USD 75.00
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780521887052
内容简介 · · · · · ·
Clarity, readability, and rigor combine in the second edition of this widely used textbook to provide the first step into general relativity for undergraduate students with a minimal background in mathematics.
Topics within relativity that fascinate astrophysical researchers and students alike are covered with Schutz’s characteristic ease and authority – from black holes to gra...
Clarity, readability, and rigor combine in the second edition of this widely used textbook to provide the first step into general relativity for undergraduate students with a minimal background in mathematics.
Topics within relativity that fascinate astrophysical researchers and students alike are covered with Schutz’s characteristic ease and authority – from black holes to gravitational lenses, from pulsars to the study of the Universe as a whole. This edition now contains recent discoveries by astronomers that require general relativity for their explanation; a revised chapter on relativistic stars, including new information on pulsars; an entirely rewritten chapter on cosmology; and an extended, comprehensive treatment of modern gravitational wave detectors and expected sources.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
Bernard Schutz is Director of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, a Professor at Cardiff University, UK, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Potsdam and the University of Hannover, Germany. He is also a Principal Investigator of the GEO600 detector project and a member of the Executive Committee of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. Professor Schutz h...
Bernard Schutz is Director of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, a Professor at Cardiff University, UK, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Potsdam and the University of Hannover, Germany. He is also a Principal Investigator of the GEO600 detector project and a member of the Executive Committee of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. Professor Schutz has been awarded the Amaldi Gold Medal of the Italian Society for Gravitation.
目录 · · · · · ·
1.1 Fundamental principles of special relativity (SR) theory 1
1.2 Definition of an inertial observer in SR 3
1.3 New units 4
1.4 Spacetime diagrams 5
1.5 Construction of the coordinates used by another observer 6
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1.1 Fundamental principles of special relativity (SR) theory 1
1.2 Definition of an inertial observer in SR 3
1.3 New units 4
1.4 Spacetime diagrams 5
1.5 Construction of the coordinates used by another observer 6
1.6 Invariance of the interval 9
1.7 Invariant hyperbolae 14
1.8 Particularly important results 17
1.9 The Lorentz transformation 21
1.10 The velocity-composition law 22
1.11 Paradoxes and physical intuition 23
1.12 Further reading 24
1.13 Appendix: The twin ‘paradox’ dissected 25
1.14 Exercises 28
2 Vector analysis in special relativity 33
2.1 Definition of a vector 33
2.2 Vector algebra 36
2.3 The four-velocity 41
2.4 The four-momentum 42
2.5 Scalar product 44
2.6 Applications 46
2.7 Photons 49
2.8 Further reading 50
2.9 Exercises 50
3 Tensor analysis in special relativity 56
3.1 The metric tensor 56
3.2 Definition of tensors 56
3.3 The (0,1) tensors: one-forms 58
3.4 The (0,2) tensors 66
3.5 Metric as a mapping of vectors into one-forms 68
3.6 Finally: (M,N) tensors 72
3.7 Index ‘raising’ and ‘lowering’ 74
3.8 Differentiation of tensors 76
3.9 Further reading 77
3.10 Exercises 77
4 Perfect fluids in special relativity 84
4.1 Fluids 84
4.2 Dust: the number–flux vector N 85
4.3 One-forms and surfaces 88
4.4 Dust again: the stress–energy tensor 91
4.5 General fluids 93
4.6 Perfect fluids 100
4.7 Importance for general relativity 104
4.8 Gauss’ law 105
4.9 Further reading 106
4.10 Exercises 107
5 Preface to curvature 111
5.1 On the relation of gravitation to curvature 111
5.2 Tensor algebra in polar coordinates 118
5.3 Tensor calculus in polar coordinates 125
5.4 Christoffel symbols and the metric 131
5.5 Noncoordinate bases 135
5.6 Looking ahead 138
5.7 Further reading 139
5.8 Exercises 139
6 Curved manifolds 142
6.1 Differentiable manifolds and tensors 142
6.2 Riemannian manifolds 144
6.3 Covariant differentiation 150
6.4 Parallel-transport, geodesics, and curvature 153
6.5 The curvature tensor 157
6.6 Bianchi identities: Ricci and Einstein tensors 163
6.7 Curvature in perspective 165
6.8 Further reading 166
6.9 Exercises 166
7 Physics in a curved spacetime 171
7.1 The transition from differential geometry to gravity 171
7.2 Physics in slightly curved spacetimes 175
7.3 Curved intuition 177
7.4 Conserved quantities 178
7.5 Further reading 181
7.6 Exercises 181
8 The Einstein field equations 184
8.1 Purpose and justification of the field equations 184
8.2 Einstein’s equations 187
8.3 Einstein’s equations for weak gravitational fields 189
8.4 Newtonian gravitational fields 194
8.5 Further reading 197
8.6 Exercises 198
9 Gravitational radiation 203
9.1 The propagation of gravitational waves 203
9.2 The detection of gravitational waves 213
9.3 The generation of gravitational waves 227
9.4 The energy carried away by gravitational waves 234
9.5 Astrophysical sources of gravitational waves 242
9.6 Further reading 247
9.7 Exercises 248
10 Spherical solutions for stars 256
10.1 Coordinates for spherically symmetric spacetimes 256
10.2 Static spherically symmetric spacetimes 258
10.3 Static perfect fluid Einstein equations 260
10.4 The exterior geometry 262
10.5 The interior structure of the star 263
10.6 Exact interior solutions 266
10.7 Realistic stars and gravitational collapse 269
10.8 Further reading 276
10.9 Exercises 277
11 Schwarzschild geometry and black holes 281
11.1 Trajectories in the Schwarzschild spacetime 281
11.2 Nature of the surface r = 2M 298
11.3 General black holes 304
11.4 Real black holes in astronomy 318
11.5 Quantum mechanical emission of radiation by black holes: the Hawking process 323
11.6 Further reading 327
11.7 Exercises 328
12 Cosmology 335
12.1 What is cosmology? 335
12.2 Cosmological kinematics: observing the expanding universe 337
12.3 Cosmological dynamics: understanding the expanding universe 353
12.4 Physical cosmology: the evolution of the universe we observe 361
12.5 Further reading 369
12.6 Exercises 370
Appendix A Summary of linear algebra 374
References 378
Index 386
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2 有用 章鱼喵是差分机 2019-09-27 21:30:27
这本书里面错误非常多,特别是第9章。特别奇怪,Schutz 是专门研究引力波的,但是偏偏引力波这一章书里错误很多。 ---- 备注:忘记把在读改为已读了
0 有用 云飞扬 2012-02-26 11:21:14
really nice and friendly book
0 有用 忘川 2015-12-23 01:11:09
这本推导不是很仔细,不适合研究生用。
0 有用 Cat Helix 2018-07-09 22:28:57
证明没细看当科普,的确解释得很清晰可以当作科普书。
0 有用 Zoe 2019-02-23 08:27:56
数学看得费劲得很……
0 有用 Coco 2023-12-02 06:00:50 英国
神作,看过最清晰的广相教程,打五分是因为没有六分
0 有用 祭天金人 2020-11-18 01:48:57
广义相对论的启蒙读物。
2 有用 章鱼喵是差分机 2019-09-27 21:30:27
这本书里面错误非常多,特别是第9章。特别奇怪,Schutz 是专门研究引力波的,但是偏偏引力波这一章书里错误很多。 ---- 备注:忘记把在读改为已读了
0 有用 自由度 2019-07-21 13:44:33
用来入门最好的教材,不过深入学习还得再看更高等的书。亮点是前几张数学铺垫,可谓贴心~
0 有用 Zoe 2019-02-23 08:27:56
数学看得费劲得很……