General relativity and the theory of gravitational fields

Author: Hu Ning
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: This book introduces general relativity and treats it as a theory of gravitational fields, aiming to explain some observed celestial movements. Most of it reflects the author's unique work and perspectives. The main contents include the equivalence principle, spacetime curvature tensor and gravitational field equations, the relationship between coordinate choices and measurements, the redshift of spectral lines in a gravitational field, the interaction between gravitational fields and electromagnetic fields, the Schwarzschild solution of the gravitational field equations, the perihelion precession of Mercury, the refraction of light in a gravitational field, the linear approximation of the gravitational field equations, the second-order approximation of the field equations, the motion of binary stars, the energy-momentum distribution of gravitational fields, inertial mass and gravitational mass, the (v/c)^3 order correction of the field equations, and the damping of gravitational waves radiated by binary stars.