Theory of Gravitational Interactions

• Main Author: Gasperini, Maurizio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Series: UNITEXT for Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Gravitation.; Cosmology.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.; Mathematical Physics.

This is the second edition of a well-received book that is a modern, self-contained introduction to the theory of gravitational interactions. The new edition includes more details on gravitational waves of cosmological origin, the so-called brane world scenario, and gravitational time-delay effects....

Table of Contents:

• Elementary Notions of Relativistic Field Theory
• Towards a Relativistic Theory of Gravity
• Tensor Calculus in a Riemann Manifold
• Maxwell Equations and Riemann Geometry
• Test Bodies and Signals in a Riemann Space–Time
• Geodesic Deviation and Curvature Tensor
• The Einstein Equations for the Gravitational Field
• The Weak-Field Approximation
• Gravitational Waves
• The Schwarzschild Solution
• The Kasner Solution
• Vierbeins and Lorentz Connection
• The Dirac Equation in a Gravitational Field
• Supersymmetry and Supergravity
• Appendix A The Language of Differential Forms
• Appendix B Higher-Dimensional Gravity
• References
• Index.