Relativity physics

The book is about exact space-time models of the gravitational fields produced by gravitational radiation.

Tensors, Relativity, and Cosmology, Second Edition, combines relativity, astrophysics, and cosmology in a single volume, providing a simplified introduction to each subject that is followed by detailed mathematical derivations.

Kompakt und anschaulich beantwortet das Lehr- und Handbuch "Praktischer Journalismus" die Grundfragen der journalistischen Praxis – von der Recherche bis zur erfolgreichen Veröffentlichung in Print-, Rundfunk- und Online-Medien.

A unique graduate textbook that develops powerful approximation methods and their applications to real-life astrophysical systems.

This book tells the human story of one of man's greatest intellectual adventures - how it came to be understood that light travels at a finite speed, so that when we look up at the stars, we are looking back in time.

A brief introduction to gravity through Einstein's general theory of relativityOf the four fundamental forces of nature, gravity might be the least understood and yet the one with which we are most intimate.

One of the main unanswered question of modern Physics is "e;How does gravity behave at small scales?

An ideal introduction to Einstein's general theory of relativityThis unique textbook provides an accessible introduction to Einstein's general theory of relativity, a subject of breathtaking beauty and supreme importance in physics.

Student-friendly, well illustrated textbook for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in physics and mathematics.

Have you ever wondered about Time: what it is or how to discuss it?

This book reviews various modified gravity models, including those with modifications in the pure gravitational sector; those involving extra fields, that is, scalar-tensor and vector-tensor gravity theories; gravity models with Lorentz symmetry breaking; and nonlocal gravity models.

This textbook introduces the special theory of relativity at a level which is accessible to undergraduate students and even high school students with a strong foundation in algebra.

This book takes the reader from the preliminary ideas of the Special Theory of Relativity (STR) to the doorsteps of the General Theory of Relativity (GTR).

This book addresses supergravity and supergravity-motivated effective field theories in the context of cosmological model building.

Cosmic Origins tells the story of how physicists and astronomers have struggled for more than a century to understand the beginnings of our universe, from its origins in the Big Bang to the modern day.

Despite successes of modern physics, the existence of dark energy and matter is indicative that conventional mechanical accounting is lacking.

Siguiendo el enfoque clásico de Lev Landau y Evgenii Lifshitz, este libro introduce la teoría de la relatividad especial y general desde el formalismo lagrangiano y el principio de mínima acción.

This book provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the notion of fractal time, starting from scratch with a philosophical and perceptual puzzle.

It now appears that the old argument about Lorentz vs Galileo relativity is passing into history.

Thoroughly revised and updated introduction to special and general relativity, with exercises and extensive bibliography.

Describes the dark matter problem in particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology for graduate students and researchers.

This book presents Einstein's theory of space and time in detail, and describes the large-scale structure of space, time and velocity as a new cosmological special relativity.

Relativity has much to offer for a well-rounded education.

The success of Newton's mechanic, Maxwell's electrodynamic, Einstein's theories of relativity, and quantum mechanics is a strong argument for the space-time continuum.

Novel conceptual analysis, fresh historical perspectives, and concrete physical examples illuminate one of the most thought-provoking topics in physics.

This book is a thorough introduction to general relativity for advanced students, including complete derivations of important results.

This monograph explores the profound implications of neutrino discovery and their minuscule masses on our understanding of the Universe.

Relativistic celestial mechanics - investigating the motion celestial bodies under the influence of general relativity - is a major tool of modern experimental gravitational physics.

This book meticulously examines over one hundred documents of research notes by Albert Einstein, many of which were previously unidentified, held in the archives of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Einstein Papers Project at Caltech.

Reviews developments in applications of inhomogeneous models to cosmology, for graduate students and academic researchers in astrophysics.

A concise and authoritative introduction to one of the central theories of modern physicsFor a theory as genuinely elegant as the Standard Model-the current framework describing elementary particles and their forces-it can sometimes appear to students to be little more than a complicated collection of particles and ranked list of interactions.

This conference reviewed the current status of General Relativity and Classical Theories of Gravitation, Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology, Experimental and Observational Gravitation, Supergravity and Quantum Gravity.

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A clear and concise introduction to the theory of general relativity for final-year undergraduate mathematics or physics students.

This 2001 book explains the construction of exact soliton solutions to Einstein''s theory of gravity.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration into the intertwined realms of Einstein's theory of general relativity, the discoveries of black holes, and the quantum conundrums that challenge our understanding of the universe.

The 16th conference of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (GR16), held at the International Convention Centre in Durban, South Africa, from 15 to 21 July, was attended by 450 delegates from around the world.

Detailed exposition of automorphic representations and their relation to string theory, for mathematicians and theoretical physicists.

This proceedings volume gathers selected, revised papers presented at the X International Meeting on Lorentzian Geometry (GeLoCor 2021), virtually held at the University of Cordoba, Spain, on February 1-5, 2021.

This book deals with special relativity theory and its application to cosmology.

Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet.

Owing to the increased accuracy requirements in fields such as astrometry and geodesy the general theory of relativity must be taken into account for any mission requiring highly accurate orbit information and for practically all observation and measurement techniques.

"e;Fascinating details and anecdotes accompany this engaging account of the emergence of dramatic new ideas and forms in music over the centuries.

The book collects a series of articles to review the advances that have been made in the field of gravitational collapse in general relativity and alternative theories of gravity in the past few years.