Description
Book SynopsisThis 2001 book gives a self-contained exposition of the theory of gravitational solitons and provide a comprehensive review of exact soliton solutions to Einstein's equations. A valuable reference for researchers and graduate students.
Trade Review' … this is a complete and detailed treatment of a complicated subject. The authors provide a general introduction to their methods and the book is essentially self-contained. It could in principle be read by a third year undergraduate who had taken an introductory course in general relativity, particularly one who was interested in integrable systems.' Contemporary Physics
Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Inverse scattering technique in gravity; 2. General properties of gravitational solitons; 3. Einstein-Maxwell fields; 4. Cosmology: diagonal metrics from Kasner; 5. Cosmology: nondiagonal metrics and perturbed FLRW; 6. Cylindrical symmetry; 7. Plane waves and colliding plane waves; 8. Axial symmetry; Bibliography; Index.
