TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hentschke,Reinhard
AU  - Hölbling,Christian
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - A Short Course in General Relativity and Cosmology
T2  - Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
SN  - 9783030463847
AV  - QB980-991 
U1  - 523.1 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Cosmology
KW  - Gravitation
KW  - Astrophysics
KW  - Mathematical physics
KW  - Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
KW  - Theoretical Astrophysics
N1  - Overview -- Review of Concepts and Some Extensions Thereof -- Introduction to Multidimensional Calculus -- Field Equations of General Relativity -- Classical Tests of General Relativity -- Black Holes -- Basics of Modern Cosmology: Overview -- Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Cosmology -- Thermodynamics of the Universe -- Accelerated Expansion of the Universe -- Inflation -- Appendices A-F -- Index
N2  - Unlike most traditional introductory textbooks on relativity and cosmology that answer questions like "Does accelerated expansion pull our bodies apart?", "Does the presence of dark matter affect the classical tests of general relativity?" in a qualitative manner, the present text is intended as a foundation, enabling students to read and understand the textbooks and many of the scientific papers on the subject. And, above all, the readers are taught and encouraged to do their own calculations, check the numbers and answer the above and other questions regarding the most exciting discoveries and theoretical developments in general relativistic cosmology, which have occurred since the early 1980s. In comparison to these intellectual benefits the text is short. In fact, its brevity without neglect of scope or mathematical accessibility of key points is rather unique. The authors connect the necessary mathematical concepts and their reward, i.e. the understanding of an important piece of modern physics, along the shortest path. The unavoidable mathematical concepts and tools are presented in as straightforward manner as possible. Even though the mathematics is not very difficult, it certainly is beneficial to know some statistical thermodynamics as well as some quantum mechanics. Thus the text is suitable for the upper undergraduate curriculum
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46384-7
ER  -