Theory of gravitational interactions / Maurizio Gasperini.
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TextSeries: Undergraduate lecture notes in physicsPublication details: New York : Springer, 2013.Description: xvi, 322 p. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: - 9788847026902 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Elementary Notions of Relativistic Field Theory --
2. Towards a Relativistic Theory of Gravity --
3. Tensor Calculus in a Riemann Manifold --
4. Maxwell Equations and Riemann Geometry --
5. Test Bodies and Signals in a Riemann Space-Time --
6. Geodesic Deviation and Curvature Tensor --
7. The Einstein Equations for the Gravitational Field --
8. The Weak-Field Approximation --
9. Gravitational Waves --
10. The Schwarzschild Solution --
11. The Kasner Solution --
12. Vierbeins and Lorentz Connection --
13. The Dirac Equation in a Gravitational Field --
14. Supersymmetry and Supergravity--
Appendices--
References--
Index.
This up-to-date, self-contained review of the theory of gravitational interactions presents a traditional introduction, then discuss analogies and differences between a geometric theory of gravity and the gauge theories of the other fundamental interactions.
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