Directions in General Relativity: Volume 1
Proceedings of the 1993 International Symposium, Maryland: Papers in Honor of Charles Misner
Published on 20. October 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-521-02139-5 (ISBN)
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These two volumes are the proceedings of a major International Symposium on General Relativity held at the University of Maryland 27 to 29 March 1993 to celebrate the sixtieth birthdays of Professor Charles Misner and Professor Dieter Brill. The volumes cover classical general relativity, quantum gravity and quantum cosmology, canonical formulation and the initial value problem, topology and geometry of spacetime and fields, mathematical and physical cosmology, and Black Hole physics and astrophysics. As invited articles, the papers in these volumes have an aim which goes beyond that of a standard conference proceedings. Not only do the authors discuss the most recent research results in their fields, but many also provide historical perspectives on how their subjects developed and offer individual insights in their search for new directions.
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English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
768 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-02139-5 (9780521021395)
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B. L. Hu | M. P. Ryan, Jr | C. V. Vishveshwara
Directions in General Relativity: Volume 1
Proceedings of the 1993 International Symposium, Maryland: Papers in Honor of Charles Misner
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07/1993
Cambridge University Press
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B. L. Hu | M. P. Ryan, Jr | C. V. Vishveshwara
Directions in General Relativity: Volume 1
Proceedings of the 1993 International Symposium, Maryland: Papers in Honor of Charles Misner
Book
07/1993
Cambridge University Press
€99.20
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Content
1. Remarks concerning the geometrics of gravity, gauge fields and quantum theory J. S. Anandan; 2. Gravity and the unification of fundamental interactions R. L. Arnowitt and P. Nath; 3. Minisuperspaces: symmetrics and quantization A. Ashtekar, R. S. Tate and C. Uggla; 4. Quantum cosmology B. K. Berger; 5. A pictorial history of some gravitational instanton D. Brill and K.- T. Pirk; 6. No time machines from lightlike sources in 2+1 gravity S. Deser and A. R. Steif; 7. Inhomogeneity and anisotropy genertation in FRW cosmologies G. F. R. Ellis and D. R. Matravers; 8. Misner, kinks and Black Holes D. Finkelstein; 9. The quantum mechanics of closed systems J. B. Hartle; 10. Cosmological vacuum open system W. A. Hiscock and D. A. Samuel; 11. Minisuperspace as a quantum open system B. L. Hu, J. P. Paz and S. Sinha; 12. Ricci flow on minisuperspaces and the geometry-topology problem J. Isenberg and M. Jackson; 13. Classical and quantum dynamics of Black Hole interiors W. Israel; 14. Matter time in canonical quantum gravity K. V. Kuchar; 15. The isotropy and homogeneity of the universe R. A. Matzner; 16. Recent advances in ADM reduction V. Moncrief; 17. Some progress in classical canonical gravity J. M. Nester; 18. Harmonic map formulation of colliding electrovac place waves Y. Nutku; 19. Geometry, the renormalization groups and gravity D. J. O'Connor and C. R. Stephens; 20. An example of the indeterminacy of the already-unified theory R. Penrose; 21. Nonstatic metric of Hiscock-Gott type A. K. Raychaudhuri; 22. Non-standard phase space variables, quantization and path-integrals, or little ado about much M. P. Ryan, Jr. and Sergio Hojmann; 23. The present status of the decaying neutrino theory D. W. Sciama; 24. Exploiting the computer to investigate Black Holes and cosmic censorship S. L. Shapiro and S. A. Teukolsky; 25. Misner space as a prototype for almost any pathology K. S. Thorne; 26. Relativity and rotation C. V. Vishveshwara; 27. The first law of Black Hole mechanics R. M. Wald; 28. Gravitational radiation antenna observations J. Weber and G. Wilmot; 29. The back-reaction is never negligible: entropy of Black Holes and radiation J. W. York, Jr.; 30. Toward a thesis topic J. A. Wheeler.