2001: A Relativistic Spacetime Odyssey: Experiments And Theoretical Viewpoints On General Relativity And Quantum Gravity - Proceedings Of The 25th Johns Hopkins Workshop On Current Problems In Particle Theory
Will be published approx. on 20. January 2003
Book
Hardback
524 pages
978-981-238-089-0 (ISBN)
Description
This volume offers a comprehensive overview of our understanding of gravity at both the experimental and the theoretical level. Critical reviews by experts cover topics ranging from astrophysics (anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background, gamma ray bursts, neutron stars and astroparticles), cosmology, the status of gravitational wave sources and detectors, verification of Newton's law at short distances, the equivalence principle, gravito-magnetism, measurement theory, time machines and the foundations of Einstein's theory, to string theory and loop quantum gravity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 32 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 241 mm
Weight
871 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-238-089-0 (9789812380890)
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Content
Sub-millimeter tests of the gravitational inverse square law, E. Adelberger; imaging the early universe with the boomerang experiment, P. De Bernardis; sources of gravitational waves, V. Ferrari; gravitational radiation - a tool for testing general relativity, C. Will; computational simulation of black hole collisions, R. Matzner; gravito-magnetism - theory and measurement, I. Ciufolini; recent developments in astro-particle physics, A. Riotto; three experimental paradoxes with a common Planck-scale interpretation, G. Amelino-Camelia; a string theorist's view of quantum gravity, G. Horowitz; non-perturbative quantum gravity - the state of the art, C. Rovelli; physics in the presence of a time machine, I. Novikov; space-time, general covariance, Dirac-Bergmann observables and non-inertial frames, L. Lusanna. (Part contents)