Advanced general relativity

John Stewart9780521323192, 9780511608179, 0521449464, 0521323193, 0511608179, 9780521449465

This book is a self-contained introduction to key topics in advance general relativity. The opening chapter reviews the subject, with strong emphasis on the geometric structures underlying the theory. The second chapter discusses 2-component spinor theory, its usefulness for describing zero-mass fields and its practical application via Newman-Penrose formalism, together with examples and applications.