Theory of Gravitational Interactions

• Main Author: Gasperini, Maurizio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in 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 reference textbook is an up-to-date and self-contained introduction to the theory of gravitational interactions. The first part of the book follows the traditional presentation of general relativity as a geometric theory of the macroscopic gravitational field. A second, advanced part then discu...