A paperback edition of the book “Relativistic Figures of Equilibrium” by R. Meinel, M. Ansorg, A. Kleinwachter and G. Neugebauer has recently been published.

For more information, see http://www.cambridge.org/9781107407350

A new book devoted to higher dimensional black holes has recently been published. This edited volume includes contributions from the leading experts in the field.

“Black Holes in Higher Dimensions”
Gary T. Horowitz, editor
422 pages
Cambridge University Press

For more information, see http://www.cambridge.org/knowledge/discountpromotion?code=L2BHHD

Relativistic Astrophysics of the Transient Universe: Gravitation, Hydrodynamics and Radiation
by Maurice H. P. M. Van Putten and Amir Levinson
Cambridge University Press, 2012

Advance praise:
‘Van Putten and Levinson have made an enjoyable compilation of all those strange things that can happen in our Universe, not only providing detailed physical calculations to understand them, but also including descriptions of all the channels of radiation that we can use to receive as much information about them as we can.’
Gerard ‘t Hooft, Utrecht University, from the Foreword

“Relativistic Cosmology” by George F.R. Ellis, Roy Maartens and Malcolm A.H. MacCallum, was published on 22 March 2012.

Full publication details are available at http://www.cambridge.org/9780521381154 as is a sample consisting of the first 10 pages, the index, and the full table of contents. It’s also listed on Amazon but not (yet) on Abe Books. CUP advise that stocks for the US will arrive in about 6 weeks.

The book has 636 pages and 68 black and white illustrations, many of which are also available in colour on the web page above. Extensive references (40 pages of them) are provided.

From the cover:

Cosmology has been transformed by dramatic progress in high-precision observations and theoretical modelling. This book surveys key developments and open issues for graduate students and researchers. Using a relativistic geometric approach, it focuses on the general concepts and relations that underpin the standard model of the Universe.

Part 1 covers foundations of relativistic cosmology whilst Part 2 develops the dynamical and observational relations for all models of the Universe based on general relativity. Part 3 focuses on the standard model of cosmology, including inflation, dark matter, dark energy, perturbation theory, the cosmic microwave background, structure formation and gravitational lensing. It also examines modified gravity and inhomogeneity as possible alternatives to dark energy. Anisotropic and inhomogeneous models are described in Part 4, and Part 5 reviews deeper issues, such as quantum cosmology, the start of the universe and the multiverse proposal.

Authors: Krzysztof Bolejko, Andrzej Krasiński, Charles Hellaby, Marie-Noëlle Célérier

As the structures in our Universe are mapped out on ever larger scales, and with increasing detail, the use of inhomogeneous models is becoming an essential tool for analyzing and understanding them. This book reviews a number of important developments in the application of inhomogeneous solutions of Einstein’s field equations to cosmology. It shows how inhomogeneous models can be employed to study the evolution of structures such as galaxy clusters and galaxies with central black holes, and to account for cosmological observations like supernovae dimming, the cosmic microwave background, baryon acoustic oscillations or the dependence of the Hubble parameter on redshift within classical general relativity. Whatever `dark matter’ and `dark energy’ turn out to be, inhomogeneities exist on many scales and need to be investigated with all appropriate methods. This book is of great value to all astrophysicists and researchers working in cosmology, from graduate students to academic researchers.

The book presents inhomogeneous cosmological models, allowing readers to familiarise themselves with basic properties of these models. It shows how inhomogeneous models can be used to analyse cosmological observations such as supernovae, cosmic microwave background, and baryon acoustic oscillations. The book reviews important developments in the application of inhomogeneous solutions of Einstein’s field equations to cosmology.

For details, see:
http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521769143

This new book by Jerry Griffiths and Jiri Podolsky has just been published by Cambridge University Press. It reviews the physical and geometrical interpretation of the basic exact solutions of Einstein’s equations.

For details, see
http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521889278 .