Gravity, a geometrical course: Volume 2: Black holes, cosmology and introduction to supergravity
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Main Author: Fré, Pietro 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2013
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Item Description:Acknowledgement -- Preface -- 1 -- Introduction -- 2. Extended Space-Times, Causal Structure and Penrose Diagrams -- 3. Rotating Black-Holes and Thermodynamics -- 4. Cosmology: a Historical Outline from Kant to WMAP and Planck -- 5. Cosmology and General Relativity: Mathematical Description of the Universe -- 6. Supergravity: the Principles -- 7. The Branes: Three Viewpoints -- 8. Supergravity: a Bestiary in Diverse Dimensions -- 9. Supergravity: an Anthology of Solutions -- 10. Conclusion of Volume Two -- Appendix A. Spinors and gamma matrix algebra -- Appendix B. Auxiliary tools for p-brane actions -- Apprndix C. Auxiliary information about some superalgebras -- Appendix D. Mathematica Package NOVAMANIFOLDA -- Appendix E. Examples of the use of the package NOVAMANIFOLDA -- Index.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XX, 452 Seiten)
ISBN:9789400754430
DOI:10.1007/978-94-007-5443-0

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