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- Describes an approach to general relativity particularly relevant for physics students
- Evidences the continuity, from the point of view of theoretical physics, of all the gravity theories as field theories
- Presents solved exercises and examples throughout the text
- Meets the needs of students specializing in theoretical physics and those seeking a better understanding of particular aspects of the subject
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics (ULNP)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction and Classical Physics
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Special Relativity
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General Relativity and Beyond
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Alberto Vecchiato graduated in Physics from the University of Padova, Italy, in 1996 and subsequently gained his PhD from the same university for a thesis on relativistic astrometry. He currently works at the Astrophysical Observatory of Torino, Pino Torinese, Italy. Dr. Vecchiato's scientific interests include general relativistic models of light propagation and astrometric measurements; high-precision tests of general relativity; alternative theories of gravity; and space astrometry. He is author of several research papers and a member of the Italian Society of General Relativity and Gravitational Physics (SIGRAV). Dr. Vecchiato has collaborated in various astronomical and astrophysical projects and proposals, he has been a member of the Gaia mission (ESA) since 2001, and in 2006 he became the coordinator of the verification sphere reconstruction pipeline of its data reduction consortium.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Variational Approach to Gravity Field Theories
Book Subtitle: From Newton to Einstein and Beyond
Authors: Alberto Vecchiato
Series Title: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51211-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-51209-9Published: 09 June 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-51211-2Published: 30 May 2017
Series ISSN: 2192-4791
Series E-ISSN: 2192-4805
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 361
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Classical Mechanics, Cosmology, Classical Electrodynamics