General Relativity And Gravitation - Proceedings Of The 17th International Conference

Adrian Ottewill, Petros Florides, Brien Nolan (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

376 Seiten

2005
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd (Verlag)
978-981-256-424-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Provides a snapshot of the state of the art in gravitational physics and related mathematical fields, as well as a review of achievements and prospects for future work. This volume is a part of the conference series, which constitutes one of the most important international meetings in the areas general relativity and gravitation.

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This authoritative volume provides a snapshot of the state of the art in gravitational physics and related mathematical fields, as well as a review of recent achievements and prospects for future work. With contributing authors among the world leaders in their respective fields, this proceedings volume is a worthy addition to this conference series, which constitutes one of the most important international meetings in the areas general relativity and gravitation.

Inhalt

# Results from GW Experiments (LIGO, VIRGO, GEO, TAMA, bars) (B Barish) # The Information Paradox for Black Holes (S Hawking) # The Cosmological Tests (P J E Peebles) # Cosmic F and D Strings (J Polchinski) # Black Holes in Active Galactic Nuclei (M Rees) # Complex Methods, Twistors, and Connection Variables (J Lewandowski) # Early Universe (M Sasaki) # Dark Energy and The Cosmological Constant (V Sahni) # Gravitational Wave Sources: Source Science and Statistical Methods (A Buonanno) # Detector Performance, Operation, and Commissioning (E Coccia) # Laboratory and Observational Tests of Gravitational Theories (J Gundlach) # Quantum Fields in Curved Space-Times (K Fredenhagen) # and other papers

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Singapore
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Relativitätstheorie
• ISBN-10: 981-256-424-1 / 9812564241
• ISBN-13: 978-981-256-424-5 / 9789812564245
• Zustand: Neuware