| 作者 | J.FosterFosterJ.D.Nightingale |
| 出版社 | |
| 出版时间 | 1998-03-01 |
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Thisbookisashortintroductiontogeneralrelativity,intendedprimarilyasaone-semestercourseforfirst-yeargraduatestudents(orforseniors)inphysics,orinrelatedsubjectssuchasastrophysics.Whileweexpectsuchstudentstohavebeenexposedtospecialrelativityintheirintroductorymodernphysicscourses(mostlikelyintheirsophomoreyear)itisunlikelythattheyhaveusedthestandard4-vectormethods,andsowesupplysuchareviewinAppendixA.WestronglyadvisereadingAppendixAfirst.Moststudentsapproachinggeneralrelativityrequireanintroductiontotensors,andthesearedealtwithinChapterIandthefirsthalfofChap-ter2,wheregeodesics,absoluteandcovariantdifferentiation,andparalleltransportarediscussed.ThisenablesustodiscussthespacetimeofgeneralrelativityinthelatterhalfofthechapterandtakesusontoadiscussionofthefieldequationsinChapter3.InChapter4theresultslearnedareappliedtophysicsinthevicinityofamassiveobject,wherewehavetriedtocomparegeneralrelativisticresultswiththeirNewtoniancounterparts.Chapters5and6,ongravitationalradiationandtheelementsofcosmology,respectively,givefurtherapplicationsofthetheory,butstudentswantingamoredetailedknowledgeofthesetopics(andindeedalltopics)wouldhavetoturntothetextsreferredtointhebodyofthebook.