George Ellis / Antonio Lanza / John Miller (eds.)

The Renaissance of General Relativity and Cosmology

Herausgeber: Ellis, George; Miller, John; Lanza, Antonio

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 595g
• ISBN-13: 9780521021081
• ISBN-10: 0521021081
• Artikelnr.: 21049562

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Exact and inexact solutions of the Einstein field equations G. F. R. Ellis
2. Inertial forces in general relativity M. A. Abramovicz
3. Relativistic radiation hydrodynamics A. M. Anile and V. Romano
4. Relativistic gravitational collapse J. Miller
5. The cosmic censorship hypothesis C. J. S. Clarke
6. The Kerr metric: a gateway to the roots of gravity? F. de Felice
7. Galactic astronomy since 1950 J. J. Binney
8. Galaxy distribution functions W. C. Saslow
9. Nonlinear galaxy clustering B. J. T. Jones
10. Quasars: progress and prospects M. J. Rees
11. Decaying neutrinos in astronomy and cosmology D. W. Sciama
12. Cosmological principles J. D. Barrow
13. Anisotropic and inhomogeneous cosmologies M. A. H. MacCallum
14. Mach's principle and isotropic singularities P. K. Tod
15. Implications of superconductivity in cosmic string theory B. Carter
16. The formation and evaporation of primordial black holes B. J. Carr
17. Evaporation of two dimensional black holes S. W. Hawking
18. Topology and topology change in general relativity G. W. Gibbons
19. Decoherence of the cluttered quantum vacuum D. J. Raine
20. Quantum nonlocality and complex reality R. Penrose
21. The different levels of connections between science and objective reality N. Dallaporta.