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This volume is to facilitate undergraduate and graduate students in theory of relativity and help them in their studies of High Energy Physics and Cosmology. The presentation has been kept simple and sufficient details have been provided in order to facilitate the understanding of the subject. The problems have also been selected to clarify the presentation and solutions of selected problems are given for better understanding of the contents.

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Author:   . Fayyazuddin (National Centre For Physics, Pakistan) ,  . Riazuddin (National Centre For Physics, Pakistan) ,  Muhammad Jamil Aslam (Quaid-i-azam Univ, Pakistan)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.558kg
ISBN:  

9789814641890

ISBN 10:   9814641898
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   29 May 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Special Theory of Relativity: Galilean Transformations; Special Theory of Relativity and Lorentz Transformations; Relativistic Mechanics; Lorentz Transformations (General Case); Four Velocity: Minkowski Force; Covariant Form of Electrodynamics; Spin; Space-Time Groups and Their Representations; General Theory of Relativity: Riemannian Geometry; Curved Space-time: Metric Tensor, Tensor Analysis, Tensor Densities, Affine Connection; Geodesic, Equivalence Principle, Gravitational Redshift; Curvature Tensor, Riemannian Tensor, Einstein's Field Equations; Solution of Einstein's Equations: The Schwarzschild Metric: The Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) Metric; Problems;

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