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020			_a9780511635397 (ebook)
020			_z9780521889278 (hardback)
020			_z9781107406186 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050		4	_aQC177 _b.G75 2009
082	0	4	_a530.11 _222
100	1		_aGriffiths, J. B. _q(Jeremy Bransom), _d1947- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aExact space-times in Einstein's general relativity / _cJerry B. Griffiths, Jiří Podolský.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2009.
300			_a1 online resource (xvii, 525 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_a1. Introduction -- 2. Basic tools and concepts -- 3. Minkowski space-time -- 4. de Sitter space-time -- 5. Anti-de Sitter space-time -- 6. Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker space-times -- 7. Electrovacuum and related background space-times -- 8. Schwarzschild space-time -- 9. Space-times related to Schwarzschild -- 10. Static axially symmetric space-times -- 11. Rotating black holes -- 12. Taub-NUT space-time -- 13. Stationary, axially symmetric space-times -- 14. Accelerating black holes -- 15. Further solutions for uniformly accelerating particles -- 16. Plebanski-Demianski solutions -- 17. Plane and pp-waves -- 18. Kundt solutions -- 19. Robinson-Trautman solutions -- 20. Impulsive waves -- 21. Colliding plane waves -- 22. Final miscellany -- App. A. 2-spaces of constant curvature -- App. B. 3-spaces of constant curvature.
520			_aEinstein's theory of general relativity is a theory of gravity and, as in the earlier Newtonian theory, much can be learnt about the character of gravitation and its effects by investigating particular idealised examples. This book describes the basic solutions of Einstein's equations with a particular emphasis on what they mean, both geometrically and physically. Concepts such as big bang and big crunch-types of singularities, different kinds of horizons and gravitational waves, are described in the context of the particular space-times in which they naturally arise. These notions are initially introduced using the most simple and symmetric cases. Various important coordinate forms of each solution are presented, thus enabling the global structure of the corresponding space-time and its other properties to be analysed. The book is an invaluable resource both for graduate students and academic researchers working in gravitational physics.
650		0	_aGeneral relativity (Physics)
650		0	_aSpace and time.
700	1		_aPodolský, J. _q(Jiří), _d1963- _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521889278
830		0	_aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511635397
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