| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 525 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
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Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-519) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Basic tools and concepts -- 3. Minkowski space-time -- 4. de Sitter space-time -- 5. Anti-de Sitter space-time -- 6. Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker space-times -- 7. Electrovacuum and related background space-times -- 8. Schwarzschild space-time -- 9. Space-times related to Schwarzschild -- 10. Static axially symmetric space-times -- 11. Rotating black holes -- 12. Taub-NUT space-time -- 13. Stationary, axially symmetric space-times -- 14. Accelerating black holes -- 15. Further solutions for uniformly accelerating particles -- 16. Plebański-Demiański solutions -- 17. Plane and pp-waves -- 18. Kundt solutions -- 19. Robinson-Trautman solutions -- 20. Impulsive waves -- 21. Colliding plane waves -- 22. A Final miscellany -- Appendix A. 2-spaces of constant curvature -- Appendix B. 3-spaces of constant curvature. |
| Summary |
"Einstein's theory of general relativity is a theory of gravity and, as in the earlier Newtonian theory, much can be learnt about the character of gravitation and its effects by investigating particular idealised examples. This book describes the basic solutions of Einstein's equations with a particular emphasis on what they mean, both geometrically and physically. New concepts, such as big bang and big crunch-types of singularities, different kinds of horizons and gravitational waves are described in the context of the particular space-times in which they naturally arise. These notions are initially introduced using the most simple and symmetric cases. Various important coordinate forms of each solution are presented, thus enabling the global structure of the corresponding space-time and its other properties to be analysed. The book is an invaluable resource for both graduate students and academic researchers working in gravitational physics."--Publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
General relativity (Physics)
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General relativity (Physics) |
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Space and time.
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Space and time. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Podolský, J. (Jiří), 1963- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Griffiths, J.B. (Jeremy Bransom), 1947- Exact space-times in Einstein's general relativity. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521889278 (DLC) 2010278995 (OCoLC)461265938 |
| ISBN |
9780511635397 (electronic book) |
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0511635397 (electronic book) |
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9780511634949 (electronic book) |
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0511634943 (electronic book) |
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9780511632662 (electronic book) |
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0511632665 (electronic book) |
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9780511633867 (electronic book) |
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0511633866 (electronic book) |
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9780521889278 (Hardback) |
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0521889278 (Hardback) |
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9781107406186 (Paperback) |
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1107406188 (Paperback) |
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