Overview

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.

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Author:   Adrian Ottewill (Univ College Dublin, Ireland) ,  Petros Florides (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) ,  Brien Nolan (Dublin City Univ, Ireland)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.658kg
ISBN:  

9789812564245

ISBN 10:   9812564241
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   09 November 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

# 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

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... this volume provides a nice summary of a considerable portion of general relativity just after the turn of the century ... It contains some thought-provoking articles as well as some useful, thoughtful reviews. General Relativity and Gravitation

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