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020			_a9783030196721
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a530.11 _bSo23a
100			_aSoffel, Michael H.
245			_aApplied general relativity _btheory and applications in astronomy, celestial mechanics and metrology _cMichael H. Soffel and Wen-Biao Han
260			_bSpringer _c2019 _aSwitzerland
300			_axx, 538p
440			_aAstronomy and astrophysics library
490			_a/ edited by Martin A. Barstow
520			_aIn the late 20th and beginning 21st century high-precision astronomy, positioning and metrology strongly rely on general relativity. Supported by exercises and solutions this book offers graduate students and researchers entering those fields a self-contained and exhaustive but accessible treatment of applied general relativity. The book is written in a homogenous (graduate level textbook) style allowing the reader to understand the arguments step by step. It first introduces the mathematical and theoretical foundations of gravity theory and then concentrates on its general relativistic applications: clock rates, clock sychronization, establishment of time scales, astronomical references frames, relativistic astrometry, celestial mechanics and metrology. The authors present up-to-date relativistic models for applied techniques such as Satellite LASER Ranging (SLR), Lunar LASER Ranging (LLR), Globale Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), Very Large Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), radar measurements, gyroscopes and pulsar timing. A list of acronyms helps the reader keep an overview and a mathematical appendix provides required functions and terms
650			_aCelestial mechanics
650			_aGeneral relativity (Physics)
700			_aHan, Wen-Biao
942			_cBK
999			_c560976 _d560976