Gravity

This book provides a general introduction to the rapidly developing astrophysical frontier of stellar tidal disruption, but also details original thesis research on the subject.

This primer proposes a journey from Newton's dynamics to Einstein's relativity.

This text provides a quantitative introduction to general relativity for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

This volume contains the proceedings of the meeting entitled, "e;The IGM/Galaxy Connection: The Distribution of Baryons at z = 0.

Suitable for a one-semester course in general relativity for senior undergraduates or beginning graduate students, this text clarifies the mathematical aspects of Einstein's theory of relativity without sacrificing physical understanding.

This book starts with the mathematical basis of the theory - i.

This book presents a review of various issues related to Lorentz symmetry breaking.

The present volume aims to be a comprehensive survey on the derivation of the equations of motion, both in General Relativity as well as in alternative gravity theories.

This book provides an original introduction to the geometry of Minkowski space-time.

The dark matter problem is one of the most fundamental and profoundly difficult to solve problems in the history of science.

This richly illustrated book is unique in bringing Einstein's relativity to a higher level for the non-specialist than has ever been attempted before, using nothing more than grade-school algebra.

In physics, the idea of extra spatial dimensions originates from Nordstom's 5-dimensional vector theory in 1914, followed by Kaluza-Klein theory in 1921, in an effort to unify general relativity and electromagnetism in a 5 dimensional space-time (4 dimensions for space and 1 for time).

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Einstein's theory of general relativity is one of the pillars of modern physics and it is our standard framework for describing gravitational fields and the spacetime structure.

Measuring the spin distribution of supermassive black holes is of critical importance for understanding how these black holes and their host galaxies form and evolve over time, yet this type of study is only in its infancy.

"e;General Relativity Without Calculus"e; offers a compact but mathematically correct introduction to the general theory of relativity, assuming only a basic knowledge of high school mathematics and physics.

Analogue Gravity Phenomenology is a collection of contributions that cover a vast range of areas in physics, ranging from surface wave propagation in fluids to nonlinear optics.

The central subject matter of this book is Einstein's special theory of relativiry.

This book discusses in detail the special theory of relativity without including all the instruments of theoretical physics, enabling readers who are not budding theoretical physicists to develop competence in the field.

This book is a concise primer on galactic radio astronomy for undergraduate and graduate students, and provides wide coverage of galactic astronomy and astrophysics such as the physics of interstellar matter and the dynamics and structure of the Milky Way Galaxy and galaxies.

This book starts with the mathematical basis of the theory - i.

The study of classical electromagnetic fields is an adventure.

This book seeks to present a new way of thinking about the interaction of gravitational fields with quantum systems.

Space missions subject human beings or any other target of a spacecraft to a radiation environment of an intensity and composition not available on earth.

Modern astronomy has stretched its domains of exploration tremendously.

This textbook gradually introduces the reader to several topics related to black hole physics with a didactic approach.

This book explores the history of gravity, from Aristotle to Einstein, as a detailed case study for explaining scientific method for non-specialists.

In this book the author derives, under the classical non-relativistic consideration of the space-time, general forms of the most common physical laws invariant under the changes of inertial or non-inertial coordinate systems, both in the classical and the quantum regime.

The Springer Handbook of Spacetime is dedicated to the ground-breaking paradigm shifts embodied in the two relativity theories, and describes in detail the profound reshaping of physical sciences they ushered in.

To create the exotic materials and technologies needed to make stargates and warp drives is the holy grail of advanced propulsion.

ROSAT Observations G.

This thesis is devoted to the systematic study of non-local theories that respect Lorentz invariance and are devoid of new, unphysical degrees of freedom.

This book provides an in-depth and accessible description of special relativity and quantum mechanics which together form the foundation of 21st century physics.

According to the theory of relativity, we are constantly bathed in gravitational radiation.

New fundamental forces of Nature?

This first volume covers the mechanics of point particles, gravitation, extended systems (starting from the two-body system), the basic concepts of relativistic mechanics and the mechanics of rigid bodies and fluids.

The significance of the present IAU symposium, "e;The Large Scale Structure of the Universe"e;, fortunately requires no elaboration by the editors.

This book investigates conformal line defects in both the weak- and strong-coupling regimes.

The Proceedings of the tenth Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on Tech- niques and Concepts of High Energy Physics are dedicated to Jane and Bob Wilson.

The nature of time has long puzzled physicists and philosophers.

The General Theory of Relativity: A Mathematical Exposition will serve readers as a modern mathematical introduction to the general theory of relativity.