Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology A Primer /

• Main Author: Hoyng, Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Astronomy, Astrophysics Library,
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

This book offers a succinct and self-contained treatment of general relativity and its application to neutron stars, black holes, gravitational waves and cosmology, at an intermediate level. The required mathematical concepts are introduced informally, following geometrical intuition as much as poss...

Table of Contents:

• Geometry of Riemann Spaces
• General Relativity
• The Schwarzschild Metric
• Compact Stars
• Black Holes
• Gravitational waves
• Fermi-Walker Transport
• The Robertson-Walker Metric
• The Evolution of the Universe
• Observational Cosmology
• The Big Bang
• Inflation.