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A general relativity workbook /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moore, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrew)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Mill Valley, California : University Science Books, [2013]
Subjects:
General relativity (Physics) > Textbooks.
General relativity (Physics)
Table of Contents:
  • Review of special relativity
  • Four-vectors
  • Index notation
  • Arbitrary coordinates
  • Tensor equations
  • Maxwell's equations
  • Geodesics
  • The Schwarzschild metric
  • Particle orbits
  • Precession of the perihelion
  • Photon orbits
  • Deflection of light
  • Event horizon
  • Alternative coordinates
  • Black hole thermodynamics
  • The absolute gradient
  • Geodesic deviation
  • The Riemann tensor
  • The stress-energy tensor
  • The Einstein equation
  • Interpreting the equation
  • The Schwarzschild solution
  • The universe observed
  • A metric for the cosmos
  • Evolution of the universe
  • Cosmic implications
  • The early universe
  • CMB fluctuations and inflation
  • Gauge freedom
  • Detecting gravitational waves
  • Gravitational wave energy
  • Generating gravitational waves
  • Gravitational wave astronomy
  • Gravitomagnetism
  • The Kerr metric
  • Particle orbits in Kerr spacetime
  • Ergoregion and horizon
  • Negative-energy orbits.