Clifford M. Will (University of Florida)

Theory and Experiment in Gravitational Physics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A review of experimental gravity providing a detailed survey of the testing of Einstein's theory of gravity and discussing the theoretical and mathematical framework needed to analyse gravitational theories and interpret experiments. Including a variety of alternative theories, it is a comprehensive reference for researchers and graduate students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 956g
• ISBN-13: 9781107117440
• ISBN-10: 1107117445
• Artikelnr.: 52613515

Autorenporträt

Clifford M. Will is Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Florida and Chercheur Associé at the institut d'Astrophysique de Paris. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. The Einstein equivalence principle
3. Gravitation as a geometric phenomenon
4. The parametrized post-Newtonian formalism
5. Metric theories of gravity and their post-Newtonian limits
6. Equations of motion in the PPN formalism
7. The classical tests
8. Tests of the strong equivalence principle
9. Other tests of post-Newtonian gravity
10. Structure and motion of compact objects
11. Gravitational radiation
12. Strong-field and dynamical tests of relativistic gravity
Index.