Clarity, readability, and rigor combine in the third edition of this widely used textbook to provide the first step into general relativity for advanced undergraduates with a minimal background in mathematics. Topics within relativity that fascinate astrophysics researchers and students alike are covered with Schutz's characteristic ease and authority, from black holes to relat...
Clarity, readability, and rigor combine in the third edition of this widely used textbook to provide the first step into general relativity for advanced undergraduates with a minimal background in mathematics. Topics within relativity that fascinate astrophysics researchers and students alike are covered with Schutz's characteristic ease and authority, from black holes to relativistic objects, from pulsars to the study of the Universe as a whole. This third edition contains discoveries by astronomers that require general relativity for their explanation; two chapters on gravitational waves, including direct detections of gravitational waves and their observations' impact on cosmological measurements; new information on black holes and neutron stars; and greater insight into the expansion of the Universe. Over 300 exercises, many new to this edition, give students the confidence to work with general relativity and the necessary mathematics, while the informal writing style and worked examples make the subject matter easily accessible.
Key features:
- Provides the first step into general relativity for advanced undergraduate students and graduate students in physics, with a typical background in mathematics
- New material includes the 2015 discovery of gravitational waves, as well as updates on what is currently known about pulsars, gravitational waves, black holes, the acceleration of the Universe, and more
- Over 300 exercises – many new to this edition – worked examples, and suggestions for further reading bring together a comprehensive introduction to general relativity
作者简介
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Bernard Schutz is a Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Cardiff University, Wales, and Director (ret.) at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Germany. In 2019 he was elected a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, and in 2021, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, in recognition of his seminal contribu...
Bernard Schutz is a Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Cardiff University, Wales, and Director (ret.) at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Germany. In 2019 he was elected a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, and in 2021, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, in recognition of his seminal contributions to relativistic astrophysics.
目录
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Preface to the third edition page
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
1. Special relativity
2. Vector analysis in special relativity
3. Tensor analysis in special relativity
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Preface to the third edition page
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
1. Special relativity
2. Vector analysis in special relativity
3. Tensor analysis in special relativity
4. Perfect fluids in special relativity
5. Preface to curvature
6. Curved manifolds
7. Physics in a curved spacetime
8. The Einstein field equations
9. Fundamentals of Gravitational Radiation
10. Spherical solutions for stars
11. Schwarzschild geometry and black holes
12. Gravitational wave astronomy
13. Cosmology
Appendix A. Summary of linear algebra
References
Index.
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原文摘录
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An observation made by the inertial observer is the act of assigning to any event the coordinates x, y, z of the location of its occurrence, and the time read by the clock at (x, y, z) when the event occurred.
It is not the time t on the wrist watch worn by a scientist located at (0, 0, 0) when he first learns of the event.
A visual observation is of this second type: the eye regards as simultaneous all events it sees at the same time; an inertial observer regards as simultaneous all events that occur at the same time as recorded by the clock nearest them when the events occurred. This distinction is important and must be borne in mind. Sometimes we will say ‘an observer sees . . .’ but this will only be shorthand for ‘measures’. We will never mean a visual observation unless we say so ... (查看原文)
0 有用 郦十久 2024-02-11 08:47:19 美国
this is a book aims to teach. great for a first pass.
0 有用 郦十久 2024-02-11 08:47:19 美国
this is a book aims to teach. great for a first pass.