Special and General Relativity

With Applications to White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Black Holes
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4419-2366-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

Reihe: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library

Special and General Relativity are concisely developed together with essential aspects of nuclear and particle physics. Problem sets are provided for many chapters, making the book ideal for a course on the physics of white dwarf and neutron star interiors.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glendenning, Norman K.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Relativität, Gravitation
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Kosmologie, Urknalltheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Special Relativity.- General Relativity.- Compact Stars: From Dwarfs to Black Holes.- Cosmology.

Über Autor(innen)

Norman K. Glendenning is Senior Scientist Emeritus at the Nuclear Science Division, Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of numerous books, including (Springer, 2 ed., 2000), (Springer, 2001) and (Academic Press, 1983).