Relativity, Astrophysics and Cosmology: 2 Volume Set

The subjects of elementary particles, astrophysics and cosmology have become inextricably interconnected, which has led to great advances in our understanding of the universe.
Written by an author with unique research experience at prestigious institutions, this self–contained text provides a comprehensive introduction to modern astrophysics and cosmology. The physical and mathematical concepts essential for a thorough understanding of the classical theory of fields are carefully developed. Some relevant aspects of thermodynamics, statistical physics and elementary particle physics are reviewed. Considerable emphasis is placed on the description of experimental techniques and results.
From the contents:
∗ An Introduction to Cosmology
∗ Special and General Relativity
∗ The Friedmann–Lemaitre Universe
∗ Stellar Structure and Evolution
∗ Astrophysical Implications of General Relativity


Spis treści:
Volume I.
1 An Introduction to Cosmology.
1.1 Unity of Physical Laws.
1.2 The Cosmological Hypothesis.
1.3 Thermal Radiation in an Expanding Universe.
1.4 The Discovery and Properties of CMB.
1.5 Thermodynamic Equations for Matter.
1.6 Universe in Transition.
1.7 The Role of Gravity.
1.8 The Friedmann–Lemaˆıtre Equations (Λ = 0).
1.9 Cartan′s Formulation of Newtonian Gravity.
1.10 Thermal History of the Early Universe.
1.11 Primordial Nucleosynthesis.
1.12 Decoupling of Matter and Radiation.
1.13 The First Stars and the Re–ionization Epoch.
1.14 Gravitational Instability in the Friedmann–Lemaıtre Model.
1.15 Acoustic (Sound) Horizon at Recombination.
1.16 Dark Matter and Structure Formation.
1.17 Statistics of Density Fluctuations.
1.18 Temperature Anisotropies in the CMB.
1.19 Multipole Analysis of the Cosmic Microwave Background.
1.20  CMB Observational Techniq ues.
1.21 Galaxies and Clusters.
1.22 A Brief History of the Universe.
1.23 The Ultimate Fate of the Universe.
2 Special and General Relativity.
2.1 Precis of Special Relativity.
2.2 The Equivalence Principle and Spacetime Curvature.
2.3 Geodesics.
2.4 A Metric with Spherical Symmetry.
2.5 Hamilton′s Principle and Euler–Lagrange Equations.
2.6 Action Integral in Flat and Curved Spacetimes.
2.7 The Geodesic Equation.
2.8 The Metric Tensor and Christoffel Symbols.
2.9 Locally Inertial Frames (LIF).
2.10 The Equation of Geodesic Deviation.
2.11 Tensors and Tensor Densities.
2.12 Covariant Differentiation of Tensors.
2.13 Parallel Transport and Geodesics.
2.14 Electrodynamics in Curved Spacetime.
2.15 Riemann and Ricci Tensors.
2.16 Bianchi Identities.
2.17 Einstein′s Law of Gravitation.
2.18 The Energy–Momentum Tensor.
2.19 Einstein′s Equations from a Variational Principle.
2.20 Spacetime as a Differentiable Manifold.
2.21  Differential Forms and Electromagnetism.
2.22  Curvature Forms on Differentiable Manifolds.
3 The Friedmann–Lemaıtre Universe.
3.1 The Robertson–Walker Metric.
3.2 The Friedmann–Lemaıtre Universe (Λ = 0).
3.3 Acceleration of Cosmic Expansion.
3.4 Derivation of the Friedmann–Lemaıtre Equations.
3.5 General Dynamics of the Expansion (Λ = 0).
3.6 Distances in a Homogeneous Universe.
3.7 Some Basic Concepts in Photometry.
3.8 The Extragalactic Distance Scale.
3.9 High–redshift Supernovae Ia.
3.10 Gravitational Lensing.
3.11 CMB Polarization Anisotropies.
3.12  Relativistic Theory of Cosmological Fluctuations.
3.13  Inflationary Cosmology.
Index.
Volume II.
4 Stellar Structure and Evolution.
4.1 Stars and Star Clusters.
4.2 Thermonuclear Fusion in Stars.
4.3 Heat Transfer in Stars .
4.4 Stellar Structure.
4.5 Stellar Evolution Beyond the Main Sequence.
5 Astrophysical Implications of General Relativity.
5.1 Experimental Tests of General Relativity.
5.2 The Schwarzschild Metric.
5.3 Perihelion Advance.
5.4 Deflection of Light in Weak Fields.
5.5 Radar Echo Delay.
5.6 The Eotvos Experiment.
5.7 Spin Precession in a Gravitational Field.
5.8 Field Equations for Stellar Structure.
5.9 Black Holes and Gravitational Collapse.
5.10 Gravitational Radiation.
5.11 The Post–Newtonian Approximation.
5.12  Symmetries (Isometries) of a Metric.
5.13  The Weyl Conformal Tensor.
A Physical Units and Maxwell’s Electrodynamics.
B Fundamentals of Elementary Particle Physics.
C Elements of Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics.
D The Saha Equation.
E Nuclear Statistical Equilibrium.
F Liouville’s Theorem and the Boltzmann Equation.
G Selected Integrals in Statistical Physics.
H Newtonian Gravity.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Radoje Belusevic received his Ph.D. in experimental particle physics at the University of Birmingham (UK) in 1981. He has conducted research at University College London (UK), at the Universities of Heidelberg (Germany), Florida (USA) and Stanford (USA), and at major high–energy physics laboratories, including CERN (Switzerland), DESY (Germany) and Fermilab (USA). Since 1991, Dr. Belusevic has been working at the Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies of the Japanese High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK). His main research interests are the physics of neutrino interactions, electron–positron annihilations and photon–photon collisions, as well as experimental hardware.

Okładka tylna:
The subjects of elementary particles, astrophysics and cosmology have become inextricably interconnected, which has led to great advances in our understanding of the universe.
Written by an author with unique research experience at prestigious institutions, this self–contained text provides a comprehensive introduction to modern astrophysics and cosmology. The physical and mathematical concepts essential for a thorough understanding of the classical theory of fields are carefully developed. Some relevant aspects of thermodynamics, statistical physics and elementary particle physics are reviewed. Considerable emphasis is placed on the description of experimental techniques and results.
From the contents:
∗ An Introduction to Cosmology
∗ Special and General Relativity
∗ The Friedmann–Lemaitre Universe
∗ Stellar Structure and Evolution
∗ Astrophysical Implications of General Relativity