Black holes, cosmology and extra dimensions /
Kirill A. Bronnikov, Sergey G. Rubin.
- Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2013.
- xiv, 427 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-424) and index.
Modern ideas of gravitation and cosmology: a brief essay -- Gravitation. Fundamentals of general relativity ; Spherically symmetric space-times. Black holes ; Black holes under more general conditions ; Wormholes ; Stability of spherically symmetric configurations -- Cosmology. Stages of the universe's evolution ; Field dynamics in the inflationary period ; The large-scale structure -- Extra dimensions. Multidimensional gravity ; The emergence of physical laws.
9789814374200 (cloth)
2012554585
General relativity (Physics) Special relativity (Physics) Black holes (Astronomy) Wormholes (Physics) Gravitation. Cosmology.