General Relativity and Gravitation (eBook, ePUB)

A Centennial Perspective
Redaktion: Ashtekar, Abhay

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Explore spectacular advances in cosmology, relativistic astrophysics, gravitational wave science, mathematics, computational science, and the interface of gravitation and quantum physics with this unique celebration of the centennial of Einstein's discovery of general relativity. Twelve comprehensive and in-depth reviews, written by a team of world-leading international experts, together present an up-to-date overview of key topics at the frontiers of these areas, with particular emphasis on the significant developments of the last three decades. Interconnections with other fields of research are also highlighted, making this an invaluable resource for both new and experienced researchers. Commissioned by the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation, and including accessible introductions to cutting-edge topics, ample references to original research papers, and informative colour figures, this is a definitive reference for researchers and graduate students in cosmology, relativity, and gravitational science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316288061
• Artikelnr.: 52990520

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Einstein's Triumph: 1. 100 years of general relativity George F. R. Ellis; 2. Was Einstein right? Clifford M. Will; 3. Cosmology David Wands
Misao Sasaki
Eiichiro Komatsu
Roy Maartens and Malcolm A. H. MacCallum; 4. Relativistic astrophysics Peter Schneider
Ramesh Narayan
Jeffrey E. McClintock
Peter Mészáros and Martin J. Rees; Part II. New Window on the Universe: 5. Receiving gravitational waves Beverly K. Berger
Karsten Danzmann
Gabriela Gonzalez
Andrea Lommen
Guido Mueller
Albrecht Rüdiger and William Joseph Weber; 6. Sources of gravitational waves. Theory and observations Alessandra Buonanno and B. S. Sathyaprakash; Part III. Gravity is Geometry
After All: 7. Probing strong field gravity through numerical simulations Frans Pretorius
Matthew W. Choptuik and Luis Lehner; 8. The initial value problem of general relativity and its implications Gregory J. Galloway
Pengzi Miao and Richard Schoen; 9. Global behavior of solutions to Einstein's equations Stefanos Aretakis
James Isenberg
Vincent Moncrief and Igor Rodnianski; Part IV. Beyond Einstein: 10. Quantum fields in curved space-times Stefan Hollands and Robert M. Wald; 11. From general relativity to quantum gravity Abhay Ashtekar
Martin Reuter and Carlo Rovelli; 12. Quantum gravity via unification Henriette Elvang and Gary T. Horowitz.