剑桥数学物理专着系列：高级广义相对论 Advanced General Relativity

基本信息

Format: Paperback| 240 pages  

Dimensions: 152x 228x 13mm| 369g  

Publication date: 15 Feb 2003 

Publisher: Cambridge University Press  

Publication City/Country: Cambridge, United Kingdom 

Language: English 

Edition Statement: Revised ed. 

Illustrations note: 30 Line drawings, unspecified 

ISBN10: 0521449464 

ISBN13: 9780521449465 

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

这是一本关于高级广义相对论关键课题的现代独立介绍。开篇回顾了这一主题，着重强调了该理论的几何结构。下一章讨论了双分量自旋体理论，它对描述零质量场的有用性，它通过纽曼-彭罗斯形式主义的实际应用，以及例子和应用。

随后的一章是关于远离强引力源的渐进理论，描述了数学理论，通过该理论，对远场和从源发出的引力辐射的测量可以用来描述源本身。结尾一章描述了自然特征初值问题，首先是一般意义上的，然后特别强调相对论，后来是它与阿诺德的奇点理论的关系。还包括练习。

This is a modern self-contained introduction to key topics in advanced general relativity. The opening chapter reviews the subject, with strong emphasis on the geometric structures underlying the theory. The next chapter discusses 2-component spinor theory, its usefulness for describing zero-mass fields, its practical application via Newman-Penrose formalism, together with examples and applications.

The subsequent chapter is an account of the asymptotic theory far from a strong gravitational source, describing the mathematical theory by which measurements of the far-field and gravitational radiation emanating from a source can be used to describe the source itself. The final chapter describes the natural characteristic initial value problem, first in general terms, and then with particular emphasis for relativity, concluding with its relation to Arnold's singularity theory. Exercises are included.

作者简介

John D. Stewart, 高级广义相对论的作者。

John D. Stewart, author of Advanced General Relativity.