Special Relativity in General Frames: From Particles to Astrophysics

Minkowski Spacetime.- Worldlines and Proper Time.- Observers.- Kinematics 1: Motion with Respect to an Observer.- Kinematics 2: Change of Observer.- Lorentz Group.- Lorentz Group as a Lie Group.- Inertial Observers and Poincaré Group.- Energy and Momentum.- Angular Momentum.- Principle of Least Action.- Accelerated Observers.- Rotating Observers.- Tensors and Alternate Forms.- Fields on Spacetime.- Integration in Spacetime.- Electromagnetic Field.- Maxwell Equations.- Energy-Momentum Tensor.- Energy-Momentum of the Electromagnetic Field.- Relativistic Hydrodynamics.- What about Relativistic Gravitation?.- A Basic Algebra.- B Web Pages.- C Special Relativity Books.

Author: Éric Gourgoulhon
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Springer
Published: 08/23/2016
Series: Graduate Texts in Physics
Pages: 784
Weight: 2.47lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.62d
ISBN: 9783662520833
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