Applied General Relativity Theory and Applications in Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics and Metrology /

In the late 20th and beginning 21st century high-precision astronomy, positioning and metrology strongly rely on general relativity. Supported by exercises and solutions this book offers graduate students and researchers entering those fields a self-contained and exhaustive but accessible treatment...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Soffel, Michael H. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Han, Wen-Biao (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Astronomy and Astrophysics Library,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Elements of Differential Geometry
  • Newtonian Celestial Mechanics
  • Relativity
  • Einstein's Theory of Gravity
  • Exact Solutions- Field moments
  • The Post-Newtonian and MPM Formalism
  • First Applications of the PN-Formalism
  • Astronomical Reference Systems
  • The Gravitational N-Body Problem
  • Light-Rays
  • Metrology
  • Appendix.