Overview
- There exists no text on relativistic ray optics in book form although the theory is heavily used in astrophysical models
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs (LNPMGR, volume 61)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
About this book
Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
Table of contents (8 chapters)
-
From Maxwell’s equations to ray optics
-
A mathematical framework for ray optics
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ray Optics, Fermat’s Principle, and Applications to General Relativity
Authors: Volker Perlick
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46662-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
-
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-66898-5Published: 18 February 2000
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08616-8Published: 15 May 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-46662-8Published: 01 July 2003
Series ISSN: 0940-7677
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 222
Topics: Classical Electrodynamics, Applications of Mathematics, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Mathematical Methods in Physics, Magnetism, Magnetic Materials