Special Relativity in General Frames: From Particles to Astrophysics (Graduate Texts in Physics)
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (939 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3642372759 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 784 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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“A modern presentation of special relativity must put forward its essential structures, before illustrating them using concrete applications to specific dynamical problems. This theory is presented here by adopting a four-dimensional point of view from the start. In addition, the book provides some mathematical developments, such as the detailed analysis of the Lorentz group and its Lie algebra. Well illustrated and enriched by many historical notes, this book also presents many applications of special relativity, ranging from particle physics (accelerators, particle collisions, quark-gluon plasma) to astrophysics (relativistic jets, active ga
A page-turner destined to become a classic. I'm nowhere near done yet, but from the very first chapter the book grabbed my attention and has yet to let go of it. This is the perfect second or third text on special relativity. Breaking free of the usual emphasis on inertial observers, it centers on a mathematical treatment of Minkowski spacetime, connecting its structure to measurable quantities by arbitrarily moving observers along the way. This generalized framework serves the book very w
“A modern presentation of special relativity must put forward its essential structures, before illustrating them using concrete applications to specific dynamical problems. In the final chapters, more advanced topics like tensorial fields in spacetime, exterior calculus and relativistic hydrodynamics are addressed. It is thus possible to treat physical effects such as the Thomas precession or the Sagnac effect in a simple yet precise manner. Well illustrated and enriched by many historical notes, this book also presents many applications of special relativity, ranging from particle physics (accelerators, particle collisions, quark-gluon plasma) to astrophysics (relativistic jets, active galactic nuclei), and including practical applications (Sagnac gyrometers, synchrotron radiation, GPS). Thanks to the geometric approach adopted, this book should also be beneficial for the study of general relativity. In addition, the book provides some mathematical developments, such as the detailed analysis of the Lorentz group and its Lie algebra. The book is suita
A specialist in special and general relativity, an experienced lecturer and author of two books on those subjects, Éric Gourgoulhon works on black holes, neutron stars, gravitational waves, Einstein's equations and numerical relativity.. The astrophysicists Éric Gourgoulhon is CNRS Senior Scientist (directeur de recherche) at the Laboratoire Univers et Théorie LUTH of the Observatoire de Paris. He was awar