Relativity In Curved Spacetime
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Author |
: Eric Baird |
Publisher |
: Chocolate Tree Books |
Total Pages |
: 396 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780955706806 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0955706807 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Relativity in Curved Spacetime by : Eric Baird
Relativity theory has become one of the icons of Twentieth Century science. It's reckoned to be a difficult subject, taught as a layered series of increasingly difficult mathematics and increasingly abstract concepts. We're told that relativity theory is supposed to be this complicated and counter-intuitive. But how much of this historical complexity is really necessary? Can we bypass the interpretations and paradoxes and pseudoparadoxes of Einstein's special theory and jump directly to a deeper and more intuitive description of reality? What if curvature is a fundamental part of physics, and a final theory of relativity shouldn't reduce to Einstein's "flat" 1905 theory //on principle//? "Relativity..." takes us on a whistlestop tour of Twentieth Century physics - from black holes, quantum mechanics, wormholes and the Big Bang to the workings of the human mind, and asks: what would physics look like without special relativity? 394 printed pages, 234156 mm, 200 figures and illustrations, includes bibliography and index www.relativitybook.com
Author |
: George Francis Rayner Ellis |
Publisher |
: Clarendon Press |
Total Pages |
: 394 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0198506562 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780198506560 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Flat and Curved Space-times by : George Francis Rayner Ellis
This text explains special relativity and the basics of general relativity from a geometric viewpoint. Space-time geometry is emphasised throughout, and up-to-date information is provided on black holes, gravitational collapse, and cosmology.
Author |
: F. G. Friedlander |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 298 |
Release |
: 1975 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780521205672 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0521205670 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Wave Equation on a Curved Space-Time by : F. G. Friedlander
This book gives a rigourous discussion of the local effects of curvature on the behaviour of waves. In the course of this discussion many techniques are developed which are also needed for a study of more general problems, in which the gravitational field itself plays a dynamical role.
Author |
: Sean M. Carroll |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 529 |
Release |
: 2019-08-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108488396 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108488390 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Spacetime and Geometry by : Sean M. Carroll
An accessible introductory textbook on general relativity, covering the theory's foundations, mathematical formalism and major applications.
Author |
: Stephen A. Fulling |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 332 |
Release |
: 1989-08-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521377684 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521377683 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Aspects of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime by : Stephen A. Fulling
The theory of quantum fields on curved spacetimes has attracted great attention since the discovery, by Stephen Hawking, of black-hole evaporation. It remains an important subject for the understanding of such contemporary topics as inflationary cosmology, quantum gravity and superstring theory. This book provides, for mathematicians, an introduction to this field of physics in a language and from a viewpoint which such a reader should find congenial. Physicists should also gain from reading this book a sound grasp of various aspects of the theory, some of which have not been particularly emphasised in the existing review literature. The topics covered include normal-mode expansions for a general elliptic operator, Fock space, the Casimir effect, the 'Klein' paradox, particle definition and particle creation in expanding universes, asymptotic expansion of Green's functions and heat kernels, and renormalisation of the stress tensor. The style is pedagogic rather than formal; some knowledge of general relativity and differential geometry is assumed, but the author does supply background material on functional analysis and quantum field theory as required. The book arose from a course taught to graduate students and could be used for self-study or for advanced courses in relativity and quantum field theory.
Author |
: N. D. Birrell |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 362 |
Release |
: 1984-02-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107392816 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107392810 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Quantum Fields in Curved Space by : N. D. Birrell
This book presents a comprehensive review of the subject of gravitational effects in quantum field theory. Although the treatment is general, special emphasis is given to the Hawking black hole evaporation effect, and to particle creation processes in the early universe. The last decade has witnessed a phenomenal growth in this subject. This is the first attempt to collect and unify the vast literature that has contributed to this development. All the major technical results are presented, and the theory is developed carefully from first principles. Here is everything that students or researchers will need to embark upon calculations involving quantum effects of gravity at the so-called one-loop approximation level.
Author |
: Leonard Parker |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 472 |
Release |
: 2009-08-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781139480857 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1139480855 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime by : Leonard Parker
Quantum field theory in curved spacetime has been remarkably fruitful. It can be used to explain how the large-scale structure of the universe and the anisotropies of the cosmic background radiation that we observe today first arose. Similarly, it provides a deep connection between general relativity, thermodynamics, and quantum field theory. This book develops quantum field theory in curved spacetime in a pedagogical style, suitable for graduate students. The authors present detailed, physically motivated, derivations of cosmological and black hole processes in which curved spacetime plays a key role. They explain how such processes in the rapidly expanding early universe leave observable consequences today, and how in the context of evaporating black holes, these processes uncover deep connections between gravitation and elementary particles. The authors also lucidly describe many other aspects of free and interacting quantized fields in curved spacetime.
Author |
: James J. Callahan |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 474 |
Release |
: 2013-03-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781475767360 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1475767366 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Geometry of Spacetime by : James J. Callahan
Hermann Minkowski recast special relativity as essentially a new geometric structure for spacetime. This book looks at the ideas of both Einstein and Minkowski, and then introduces the theory of frames, surfaces and intrinsic geometry, developing the main implications of Einstein's general relativity theory.
Author |
: Jurgen Audretsch |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 555 |
Release |
: 2012-12-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781461538141 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1461538149 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Quantum Mechanics in Curved Space-Time by : Jurgen Audretsch
Quantum mechanics and quantum field theory on one hand and Gravity as a theory of curved space-time on the other are the two great conc- tual schemes of modern theoretical physics. For many decades they have lived peacefully together for a simple reason: it was a coexistence wi- out much interaction. There has been the family of relativists and the other family of elementary particle physicists and both sides have been convinced that their problems have not very much to do with the problems of the respective other side. This was a situation which could not last forever, because the two theoretical schemes have a particular structural trait in common: their claim for totality and universality. Namely on one hand all physical theories have to be formulated in a quantum mechanical manner, and on the other hand gravity as curved space-time influences all processes and vice versa. It was therefore only a question of time that physically relevant domains of application would attract a general int- est, which demand a combined application of both theoretical schemes. But it is immediately obvious that such an application of both schemes is - possible if the schemes are taken as they are. Something new is needed which reconciles gravity and quantum mechanics. During the last two de- des we are now doing the first steps towards this more general theory and we are confronted with fundamental difficulties.
Author |
: F. de Felice |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 466 |
Release |
: 1992-03-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521429080 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521429085 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Relativity on Curved Manifolds by : F. de Felice
This is a self-contained exposition of general relativity with emphasis given to tetrad and spinor structures and physical measurement on curved manifolds.