Special Relativity in General Frames: From Particles to Astrophysics

By Eric Gourgoulhon

Book Overview

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 Poincar? 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662520834
• ISBN13: 9783662520833
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 784 Pages
• Weight: 2.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"