Conformal Methods in General Relativity
Author(s)
Kroon, Juan A. Valiente
Collection
SCOAP3 for BooksLanguage
EnglishAbstract
This book offers a systematic exposition of conformal methods and how they can be used to study the global properties of solutions to the equations of Einstein's theory of gravity. It shows that combining these ideas with differential geometry can elucidate the existence and stability of the basic solutions of the theory. Introducing the differential geometric, spinorial and PDE background required to gain a deep understanding of conformal methods, this text provides an accessible account of key results in mathematical relativity over the last thirty years, including the stability of de Sitter and Minkowski spacetimes. For graduate students and researchers, this self-contained account includes useful visual models to help the reader grasp abstract concepts and a list of further reading, making this an ideal reference companion on the topic. This title, first published in 2016, has been reissued as an Open Access publication.
Keywords
General relativityDOI
10.1017/9781009291309ISBN
9781009291309, 9781009291347, 9781009291330, 9781009291309Publisher
Cambridge University PressPublication date and place
Cambridge, 2017Grantor
Classification
Nuclear physics