Leonardo Fernandez-Jambrina / Luis M. Gonzalez-Romero (eds.)

Current Trends in Relativistic Astrophysics

Theoretical, Numerical, Observational
Herausgegeben:Fernandez-Jambrina, L.; Gonzalez-Romero, L. M.

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Produktbeschreibung

ThisvolumecontainsselectedlecturespresentedattheSpanishRelativityMe- ingonRelativisticAstrophysicsheldattheEscuelaT¿ecnicaSuperiordeIn- nierosNavalesofMadrid,Spain,inSeptember2001. The meeting centered on the study of several aspects of Relativistic - trophysics from various viewpoints: theoretical, numerical and observational. Lectures and contributions dealt with issues related to black holes (accretion, thermodynamics, gravitational collapse, stability), numerical and perturbative aspects of astrophysical processes (black hole evolution, relativistic stars, jet hydrodynamics. . . )andproductionanddetectionofgravitationalwaves. Other topicsandanimationsareenclosedintheaccompanyingCD-ROM. Lecturesandcontributionsareintendedtocoverthegapbetweenundergr- uatecoursesandcurrentresearchinthe?eld,includingthemostrecentadvances inRelativisticAstrophysics. Madrid,Spain, LeonardoFern¿andez-Jambrina July2002 LuisManuelGonz¿ alez-Romero Acknowlegements The24thSpanishRelativityMeetingwasrunbyUniversidadComplutensede MadridandUniversidadPolit¿ecnicadeMadrid. Fundsfortheorganizationofthe meetingwereprovidedbybothuniversities,theSpanishMinisteriodeCiencia yTecnolog¿?a,theEscuelaT¿ecnicaSuperiordeIngenierosNavales,theDepar- mentodeEnsenanzas ~ B¿asicasdelaIngenier¿?aNavalandComunidaddeMadrid. WealsowishtothanktheDirectoroftheEscuelaT¿ecnicaSuperiordeIn- nierosNavales,Dr. L. R. Nu~ ¿nez,forkindlyo?eringthepremisesforthemeeting, Dr. F. Robledo, Head of the Departamento de Ensenanzas ~ B¿asicas, Prof. R. Cerc¿os,forhissupportduringthemeeting,andMs. C. Milans,forhergenerous helpwiththebureaucratictasks. Wealsoacknowledgetheworkandpatienceofthecontributorsandreferees ofthisbook,speciallyProf. W. Israel,whowasnotabletoattendthemeetingin personduetothesadeventsofSeptember11th,butkindlyagreetocontribute tothisvolume. Finally,ourthanksgoalsototheotherco-organizersofthemeeting,Prof. F. J. ChineaandMr. F. Navarro-L¿erida. TableofContents RelativisticAstrophysics LeonardoFern¿andez-Jambrina,LuisManuelGonz¿ alez-Romero. . . . . . . . . . . 1 PartI BlackHoles:Theory,Evolution,AccretionandStability BlackHoleThermodynamics WernerIsrael. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 PerturbationsofBlackHoles ValeriaFerrari. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 CriticalPhenomenainGravitationalCollapse: TheRoleofAngularMomentum Jos¿eM. Mart¿?n-Garc¿?a,CarstenGundlach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 PartII NumericalandPerturbativeAnalysis ofAstrophysicalProcesses StellarPerturbations ValeriaFerrari. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 NumericalRelativisticHydrodynamics Jos¿eMar¿?aIb¿a~ nez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 FluxLimiterMethodsin3DNumericalRelativity CarlesBona,CarlosPalenzuela. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 GaugeConditionsforLong-TermNumericalBlackHole EvolutionWithorWithoutExcision MiguelAlcubierre,BerndBrugmann, ¿ DenisPollney,EdwardSeidel, andRyojiTakahashi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 NumericalRelativitywiththeConformalFieldEquations SaschaHusa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 X Table of Contents PartIII GravitationalWaves:ProductionandDetection BinaryBlackHolesandGravitationalWaveProduction: Post-NewtonianAnalyticTreatment GerhardSch¿afer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 TheDetectionofGravitationalWaves J. AlbertoLobo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 PartIV OtherTopics StructureofConformalLorentzTransformations G¿oranBergqvist,Jos¿eM. M. Senovilla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 CircularityConditions onStationaryAxisymmetricEinstein-Yang-MillsFields FranciscoJavierChinea,FranciscoNavarro-L¿erida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 TheShortestCutinBraneCosmology ElcioAbdalla,BerthaCuadros-Melgar,Cze-ShiangFeng,BinWang. . . . . . 261 WeakEnergyConditionViolationandSuperluminalTravel FranciscoLobo,PauloCrawford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 FactorStructureofRationalVacuumMetrics andaGeneralizationoftheTomimatsu-SatoSolutions CorneliusA. Hoenselaers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 AnAnisotropicCosmologicalModel withIsotropicBackgroundRadiation SauloCarneiro,GuillermoA. MenaMarug¿ an. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 LorentzianCommentsonStokesParameters JuanAntonioMorales,EmilioNavarro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 CausalTransformations AlfonsoGarc¿?a-ParradoandJos¿eM. M. Senovilla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 TELEPENSOUTHProject:MeasurementoftheEarth GravitomagneticFieldinaTerrestrialLaboratory Jos¿eFernandoPascual-S¿anchez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 SupermassiveStarswithLocalAnisotropy, PossibleSourceofSomeQuasars'Luminosity? EmilioSantosCorchero. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Modi?cationsoftheEinstein-StrausModel toAnisotropicSettings FilipeC. Mena,RezaTavakol,Raul ¿ Vera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 ListofContributors G¿oranBergqvist LeonardoFern¿andez-Jambrina M¿alardalenUniversity UniversidadPolit¿ecnicadeMadrid DepartmentofMathematics E. T. S. I. Navales P. O. Box883 ArcodelaVictorias/n 72123V¿aster? as,Sweden 28040-Madrid,Spain gober@mai. liu. se lfernandez@etsin. upm.

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The present volume contains the expanded lectures of a meeting on relativistic astrophysics, the goal of which was to provide a modern introduction to specific aspects of the field for young researchers, as well as for nonspecialists from related areas. Particular emphasis is placed on the theory of black holes and evolution, relativistic stars and jet hydrodynamics, as well as the production and detection of gravitational waves. The book is complemented by further contributions and animation supplied on the accompanying CD-ROM.

Produktdetails

• Lecture Notes in Physics 617
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 10913949, 978-3-540-01983-1
• 2003
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 492g
• ISBN-13: 9783540019831
• ISBN-10: 3540019839
• Artikelnr.: 11842314

Autorenporträt

Leonardo Fernandez-Jambrina, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain / Luis M. Gonzalez-Romero, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Inhaltsangabe

Relativistic Astrophysics.- Relativistic Astrophysics.- Black Holes:Theory, Evolution, Accretion and Stability.- Black Hole Thermodynamics.- Perturbations of Black Holes.- Critical Phenomena in Gravitational Collapse: The Role of Angular Momentum.- Numerical and Perturbative Analysis of Astrophysical Processes.- Stellar Perturbations.- Numerical Relativistic Hydrodynamics.- Flux Limiter Methods in 3D Numerical Relativity.- Gauge Conditions for Long-Term Numerical Black Hole Evolution With or Without Excision.- Numerical Relativity with the Conformal Field Equations.- Gravitational Waves:Production and Detection.- Binary Black Holes and Gravitational Wave Production: Post-Newtonian Analytic Treatment.- The Detection of Gravitational Waves.- Other Topics.- Structure of Conformal Lorentz Transformations.- Circularity Conditions on Stationary Axisymmetric Einstein-Yang-Mills Fields.- The Shortest Cut in Brane Cosmology.- Weak Energy Condition Violation and Superluminal Travel.- Factor Structure of Rational Vacuum Metrics and a Generalization of the Tomimatsu-Sato Solutions.- An Anisotropic Cosmological Model with Isotropic Background Radiation.- Lorentzian Comments on Stokes Parameters.- Causal Transformations.- TELEPENSOUTH Project: Measurement of the Earth Gravitomagnetic Field in a Terrestrial Laboratory.- Supermassive Stars with Local Anisotropy, Possible Source of Some Quasars' Luminosity?.- On Modifications of the Einstein-Straus Model to Anisotropic Settings.