Introduction to General Relativity & the Cosmological Constant Problem (Hardcover)

This book is an introductory text in General Relativity, while also focusing some solutions to the cosmological constant problem, which consists in an amazing 100 orders of magnitude discrepancy between the value of this constant in the present Universe, and its estimated value in the very early epoch. The author suggests that the constant is in fact, a time-varying function of the age of the Universe. The book offers a wealth of cosmological models, treats up to date findings, like the verification of the Lense-Thirring effect in the year 2004, and the recently published research by Cooperstock and Tieu (2005) suggesting that "dark" matter is not a necessary concept in order to explain the rotational velocities of stars around galaxies' nuclei. This is a mathematical cosmology textbook that may lead undergraduates, and graduate students to one of the frontiers of research, while keeping the prerequisites to a minimum, because most of the theory in the book requires only prior knowledge of Calculus and a University Physics course.

General

Imprint:	nova science publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2007
Authors:	Marcelo Samuel Berman
Dimensions:	180 x 260 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	213
ISBN-13:	978-1-59454-717-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Theoretical & mathematical astronomy Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Cosmology & the universe
LSN:	1-59454-717-3
Barcode:	9781594547171

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