Abstract

‘Relativistic astrophysics’ outlines the relativity theory and lists some situations where this theory is needed: radio galaxies, micro-quasars, gamma rays, cosmic rays, neutron stars, x-ray sources, the solar system, and the universe. It goes on to explain muon lifetimes, rest-mass energy, plasma jets, shocks and particle acceleration, and synchrotron radiation. Einstein’s theory of general relativity is dependent on non-linear equations and the only exact solutions of Einstein’s equations that we have are ones with special symmetries. The phenomena of gravitational redshift, gravitational lensing, gravitational microlensing, deflection of light by the Sun, Shapiro delays, and pulsars and gravitational waves are then discussed.

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