Exact Space-Times in Einstein's General Relativity.
Explores new concepts within general relativity in the context of the particular space-times in which they arise.
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Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Basic tools and concepts; 3 Minkowski space-time; 4 de Sitter space-time; 5 Anti-de Sitter space-time; 6 FriedmannLemaitreRobertsonWalker 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 TaubNUT space-time; 13 Stationary, axially symmetric space-times; 14 Accelerating black holes; 15 Further solutions for uniformly accelerating particles.
- 16 PlebanskiDemianski solutions17 Plane and pp-waves; 18 Kundt solutions; 19 RobinsonTrautman solutions; 20 Impulsive waves; 21 Colliding plane waves; 22 A final miscellany; Appendix A: 2-spaces of constant curvature; Appendix B: 3-spaces of constant curvature; References; Index.