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- Serves as graduate-level textbook and basic reference to the field of Applied General Relativity
- Self-contained and thus also suitable for self-studies
- Contains many exercises
Part of the book series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library (AAL)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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 of applied general relativity. The book is written in a homogenous (graduate level textbook) style allowing the reader to understand the arguments step by step. It first introduces the mathematical and theoretical foundations of gravity theory and then concentrates on its general relativistic applications: clock rates, clock sychronization, establishment of time scales, astronomical references frames, relativistic astrometry, celestial mechanics and metrology. The authors present up-to-date relativistic models for applied techniques such as Satellite LASER Ranging (SLR), Lunar LASER Ranging (LLR), Globale Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), Very Large BaselineInterferometry (VLBI), radar measurements, gyroscopes and pulsar timing. A list of acronyms helps the reader keep an overview and a mathematical appendix provides required functions and terms.
Authors and Affiliations
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Institute of planetary geodesy, Lohrmann-Observatory, Dresden, Germany
Michael H. Soffel
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Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
Wen-Biao Han
About the authors
Prof. Wen-Biao Han, who receicved his Ph.D. in 2009, is full professor at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research area focuses on relativistic fundamental astronomy, numerical simulations of gravity waves and low-frequency gravitational astronomy. He is author of many scientific papers and principle investigator of the group 'Gravitational waves and relativistic fundamental astronomy' at Shanghai Astronomical observatory.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Applied General Relativity
Book Subtitle: Theory and Applications in Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics and Metrology
Authors: Michael H. Soffel, Wen-Biao Han
Series Title: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19673-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19672-1Published: 07 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19675-2Published: 07 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-19673-8Published: 23 September 2019
Series ISSN: 0941-7834
Series E-ISSN: 2196-9698
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 540
Number of Illustrations: 60 b/w illustrations, 45 illustrations in colour
Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Geophysics/Geodesy, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)