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100 1 _aHoyng, Peter.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aRelativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology
_h[electronic resource] :
_bA Primer /
_cby Peter Hoyng.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands,
_c2006.
300 _aXII, 294 p. 114 illus., 16 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aAstronomy, Astrophysics Library,
_x0941-7834
505 0 _aGeometry of Riemann Spaces -- General Relativity -- The Schwarzschild Metric -- Compact Stars -- Black Holes -- Gravitational waves -- Fermi-Walker Transport -- The Robertson-Walker Metric -- The Evolution of the Universe -- Observational Cosmology -- The Big Bang -- Inflation.
520 _aThis book offers a succinct and self-contained treatment of general relativity and its application to neutron stars, black holes, gravitational waves and cosmology, at an intermediate level. The required mathematical concepts are introduced informally, following geometrical intuition as much as possible. The approach is theoretical, but there is ample discussion of observational aspects and instrumental issues where appropriate. Topical issues such as the Gravity Probe B mission, and the physics of interferometer detectors of gravitational waves and the angular power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background are included. The book is written for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in (astro)physics. The reader is assumed to be familiar with linear algebra and analysis, ordinary differential equations, special relativity, and basic thermal physics, but prior knowledge of differential geometry and general relativity is not required. Containing 140 exercises with extensive hints for their solution this book is ideally suited for a lecture course. The author is a senior scientist at the SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research and teaches regularly at the University of Utrecht.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 0 _aGravitation.
650 0 _aAstronomy.
650 0 _aAstrophysics.
650 0 _aCosmology.
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aAstrophysics and Astroparticles.
650 2 4 _aCosmology.
650 2 4 _aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
650 2 4 _aClassical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9781402045219
830 0 _aAstronomy, Astrophysics Library,
_x0941-7834
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4523-3
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950 _aPhysics and Astronomy (Springer-11651)
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