Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity (Hardcover)

Carroll, Sean M.

Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity (Hardcover)
  • 出版商: Cambridge
  • 出版日期: 2019-08-08
  • 售價: $1,680
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 516
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 1108488390
  • ISBN-13: 9781108488396

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商品描述

Spacetime and Geometry is an introductory textbook on general relativity, specifically aimed at students. Using a lucid style, Carroll first covers the foundations of the theory and mathematical formalism, providing an approachable introduction to what can often be an intimidating subject. Three major applications of general relativity are then discussed: black holes, perturbation theory and gravitational waves, and cosmology. Students will learn the origin of how spacetime curves (the Einstein equation) and how matter moves through it (the geodesic equation). They will learn what black holes really are, how gravitational waves are generated and detected, and the modern view of the expansion of the universe. A brief introduction to quantum field theory in curved spacetime is also included. A student familiar with this book will be ready to tackle research-level problems in gravitational physics.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

《時空與幾何》是一本介紹廣義相對論的入門教科書，專為學生而設。Carroll以清晰易懂的風格，首先介紹了該理論的基礎和數學形式，提供了一個易於理解的入門介紹，使原本可能令人生畏的主題變得容易上手。接著討論了廣義相對論的三個主要應用：黑洞、擾動理論和引力波以及宇宙學。學生將學習時空彎曲的起源（愛因斯坦方程）以及物質如何在其中移動（测地线方程）。他們將了解黑洞的真正本質，引力波的產生和檢測方式，以及宇宙擴張的現代觀點。書中還包括了對曲面時空中量子場論的簡要介紹。通過熟悉這本書，學生將能夠應對重力物理學的研究級問題。

作者簡介

Sean Carroll is an assistant professor in the Physics Department, Enrico Fermi Institute, and Center for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago. His research ranges over a number of topics in theoretical physics, focusing on cosmology, field theory, and gravitation. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1993, and spent time as a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT and the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has been awarded fellowships from the Sloan and Packard foundations, as well as the MIT Graduate Student Council Teaching Award. For more information, see his Web site at http: //pancake.uchicago.edu/ carroll

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Sean Carroll是芝加哥大學物理系、恩里科·費米研究所和宇宙物理中心的助理教授。他的研究範圍涵蓋理論物理的多個主題，專注於宇宙學、場論和引力。他於1993年在哈佛大學獲得博士學位，並曾在麻省理工學院的理論物理中心和加州大學聖塔芭芭拉分校的理論物理研究所擔任博士後研究員。他曾獲得斯隆基金會和帕卡德基金會的獎學金，以及麻省理工學院研究生會教學獎。更多資訊請參閱他的網站：http://pancake.uchicago.edu/carroll

目錄大綱

1. Special relativity and flat spacetime
2. Manifolds
3. Curvature
4. Gravitation
5. The Schwarzchild solution
6. More general black holes
7. Perturbation theory and gravitational radiation
8. Cosmology
9. Quantum field theory in curved spacetime
10. Appendixes
Bibliography
Index.

目錄大綱(中文翻譯)

1. 特殊相對論和平坦時空
2. 流形
3. 曲率
4. 引力
5. 史瓦西解
6. 更一般的黑洞
7. 扰動理論和引力輻射
8. 宇宙學
9. 曲率時空中的量子場論
10. 附錄
參考文獻
索引。

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