Theory of Gravitational Interactions (Hardcover, 2, 2017)

Elementary Notions of Relativistic Field Theory.- Towards a Relativistic Theory of Gravity.- Tensor Calculus in a Riemann Manifold.- Maxwell Equations and Riemann Geometry.- Test Bodies and Signals in a Riemann Space-Time.- Geodesic Deviation and Curvature Tensor.- The Einstein Equations for the Gravitational Field.- The Weak-Field Approximation.- Gravitational Waves.- The Schwarzschild Solution.- The Kasner Solution.- Vierbeins and Lorentz Connection.- The Dirac Equation in a Gravitational Field.- Supersymmetry and Supergravity.- Appendix A The Language of Differential Forms.- Appendix B Higher-Dimensional Gravity.- References.- Index.