Recent Advances in General Relativity

Recent Advances in General Relativity
Author: Allen I. Janis
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 282
Release: 1992-02-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780817635411

Papers from the Discussion Conference on Recent Advances in General Relativity, held at the U. of Pittsburgh, May 1990, survey the interacting fields of classical general relativity, astrophysics, and quantum gravity. Some of the remarks made following the invited papers are also included. The conference also included three workshops on classical g

Advanced Lectures on General Relativity

Advanced Lectures on General Relativity
Author: Geoffrey Compère
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2019-01-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 303004260X

These lecture notes are intended for starting PhD students in theoretical physics who have a working knowledge of General Relativity. The four topics covered are: Surface charges as conserved quantities in theories of gravity; Classical and holographic features of three-dimensional Einstein gravity; Asymptotically flat spacetimes in four dimensions: BMS group and memory effects; The Kerr black hole: properties at extremality and quasi-normal mode ringing. Each topic starts with historical foundations and points to a few modern research directions.

Advanced General Relativity

Advanced General Relativity
Author: John Stewart
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1993-11-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521449465

A self-contained introduction to advanced general relativity.

Advances in General Relativity Research

Advances in General Relativity Research
Author: Cameron Williams
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: General relativity (Physics)
ISBN: 9781634831208

This book addresses the latest advances in general relativity research, including the classical world and spinor formalisms; keys to understanding gravity; the continuum mechanics of space-time; new evidences on matter without energy-stress tensor; a new approach to study gravitational stability of the solutions to the Einstein equations; Mond theory; polynumbers field theory; the algebra, geometry and physics of hyperland; S2-like star orbits near the galactic center in RN and Yukawa gravity; geodesic analysis in multidimensional gravity models; and the collapsing of general relativity and the singularity in the event of the Big Bang and black holes.

Introduction to General Relativity

Introduction to General Relativity
Author: Cosimo Bambi
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2018-06-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9811310904

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.

Modern General Relativity

Modern General Relativity
Author: Mike Guidry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 625
Release: 2019-01-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1108187307

Einstein's general theory of relativity is widely considered to be one of the most elegant and successful scientific theories ever developed, and it is increasingly being taught in a simplified form at advanced undergraduate level within both physics and mathematics departments. Due to the increasing interest in gravitational physics, in both the academic and the public sphere, driven largely by widely-publicised developments such as the recent observations of gravitational waves, general relativity is also one of the most popular scientific topics pursued through self-study. Modern General Relativity introduces the reader to the general theory of relativity using an example-based approach, before describing some of its most important applications in cosmology and astrophysics, such as gamma-ray bursts, neutron stars, black holes, and gravitational waves. With hundreds of worked examples, explanatory boxes, and end-of-chapter problems, this textbook provides a solid foundation for understanding one of the towering achievements of twentieth-century physics.

General Relativity

General Relativity
Author: Robert M. Wald
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 507
Release: 2010-05-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0226870375

"Wald's book is clearly the first textbook on general relativity with a totally modern point of view; and it succeeds very well where others are only partially successful. The book includes full discussions of many problems of current interest which are not treated in any extant book, and all these matters are considered with perception and understanding."—S. Chandrasekhar "A tour de force: lucid, straightforward, mathematically rigorous, exacting in the analysis of the theory in its physical aspect."—L. P. Hughston, Times Higher Education Supplement "Truly excellent. . . . A sophisticated text of manageable size that will probably be read by every student of relativity, astrophysics, and field theory for years to come."—James W. York, Physics Today

Advanced Mechanics and General Relativity

Advanced Mechanics and General Relativity
Author: Joel Franklin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2010-07-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 113948902X

Aimed at advanced undergraduates with background knowledge of classical mechanics and electricity and magnetism, this textbook presents both the particle dynamics relevant to general relativity, and the field dynamics necessary to understand the theory. Focusing on action extremization, the book develops the structure and predictions of general relativity by analogy with familiar physical systems. Topics ranging from classical field theory to minimal surfaces and relativistic strings are covered in a homogeneous manner. Nearly 150 exercises and numerous examples throughout the textbook enable students to test their understanding of the material covered. A tensor manipulation package to help students overcome the computational challenge associated with general relativity is available on a site hosted by the author. A link to this and to a solutions manual can be found at www.cambridge.org/9780521762458.

A New Perspective on Relativity

A New Perspective on Relativity
Author: Bernard H. Lavenda
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 695
Release: 2012
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814340480

Starting off from noneuclidean geometries, apart from the method of Einstein's equations, this book derives and describes the phenomena of gravitation and diffraction. A historical account is presented, exposing the missing link in Einstein's construction of the theory of general relativity: the uniformly rotating disc, together with his failure to realize, that the Beltrami metric of hyperbolic geometry with constant curvature describes exactly the uniform acceleration observed. This book also explores these questions: * How does time bend? * Why should gravity propagate at the speed of light? * How does the expansion function of the universe relate to the absolute constant of the noneuclidean geometries? * Why was the Sagnac effect ignored? * Can Maxwell's equations accommodate mass? * Is there an inertia due solely to polarization? * Can objects expand in elliptic geometry like they contract in hyperbolic geometry?

A Mathematical Introduction To General Relativity

A Mathematical Introduction To General Relativity
Author: Amol Sasane
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2021-08-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9811243794

The book aims to give a mathematical presentation of the theory of general relativity (that is, spacetime-geometry-based gravitation theory) to advanced undergraduate mathematics students. Mathematicians will find spacetime physics presented in the definition-theorem-proof format familiar to them. The given precise mathematical definitions of physical notions help avoiding pitfalls, especially in the context of spacetime physics describing phenomena that are counter-intuitive to everyday experiences.In the first part, the differential geometry of smooth manifolds, which is needed to present the spacetime-based gravitation theory, is developed from scratch. Here, many of the illustrating examples are the Lorentzian manifolds which later serve as spacetime models. This has the twofold purpose of making the physics forthcoming in the second part relatable, and the mathematics learnt in the first part less dry. The book uses the modern coordinate-free language of semi-Riemannian geometry. Nevertheless, to familiarise the reader with the useful tool of coordinates for computations, and to bridge the gap with the physics literature, the link to coordinates is made through exercises, and via frequent remarks on how the two languages are related.In the second part, the focus is on physics, covering essential material of the 20th century spacetime-based view of gravity: energy-momentum tensor field of matter, field equation, spacetime examples, Newtonian approximation, geodesics, tests of the theory, black holes, and cosmological models of the universe.Prior knowledge of differential geometry or physics is not assumed. The book is intended for self-study, and the solutions to the (over 200) exercises are included.