Pankaj S. Joshi

Global Aspects in Gravitation and Cosmology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Basic to the entire theory and applications of black hole physics, "Global Aspects in Gravitation and Cosmology" covers the topics needed to understand the current key issues in gravitation theory: cosmology and black holes. Emphasized is the basic theme that the very nature of the gravitational field is such that global features of space-time inevitably come into play whenever we try to understand and interpret this force in detail. After discussing the fundamental role played by global considerations in gravity and general relativity, Joshi points out the significant problems that remain. The key problem of which been the issue of quantum effects in strong gravity fields, an understanding of which is essential to formulate any quantum theory of gravity. This book will be beneficial to mathematicians and physicists.

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This book describes global aspects in gravitation theory and cosmology within the framework of Einstein's theory of gravity. Topics include results on the structure and topology of space-time, exact solutions to Einstein equations and singularities, the status of quantum gravity, and quantum effects near space-time singularities in strong curvature fields. The author also discusses the nature and structure of space-time singularities, the cosmic censorship problem in black hole physics, and the issue of quantum effects in strong gravity fields. Students and mathematicians, astrophysicists, and physicists will find this theoretically rich book a landmark in relativity theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 588g
• ISBN-13: 9780198500797
• ISBN-10: 0198500793
• Artikelnr.: 21985863

Inhaltsangabe

1.: Global themes in gravity
2.: The manifold model for space-time
3.: Solutions to the Einstein equations
4.: Causality and space-time topology
5.: Singularities in general relativity
6.: Gravitational collapse and cosmic censorship
7.: General constraints on naked singularity formation
8.: Global upper limits in cosmology
9.: Quantum effects near the space-time singularity
References
Index