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17 readable articles give a thorough and self-contained overview of recent developments in relativistic gravity research. The subjects covered are: gravitational lensing, the general relativistic n-body problem, observable effects in the solar system, gravitational waves and their interferometric detection, very-long-baseline interferometry, international atomic time, lunar laser- ranging measurements, measurement ofthe gravitomagnetic field of the Earth, fermion and boson stars and black holes with hair, rapidly rotating neutron stars, matter wave interferometry, and the laboratory test of Newton's law of gravity.Any scientist interested in experimentally or observatio- nally oriented relativistic gravity will read the book with profit. In addition, it is perfectly suited as a complementary text for courses on general relativity and relativistic astrophysics.

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Author:   Jürgen Ehlers ,  G. Schäfer
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Volume:   410
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.728kg
ISBN:  

9783662138960

ISBN 10:   3662138964
Pages:   412
Publication Date:   23 August 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Gravitational lensing.- The general relativistic N-body problem.- Observable relativistic effects in the solar system.- New results for relativistic parameters from the analysis of llr measurements.- Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry in astro-, geo-, and gravitational physics.- A gradiometer experiment to detect the gravitomagnetic field of the earth.- The international atomic time and the PTB's clocks.- Gravity-wave astrophysics.- The GEO—project a long-baseline laser interferometer for the detection of gravitational waves.- The optics of an interferometric gravitational-wave antenna.- Mechanical aspects in interferometric gravity wave detectors.- Fermion and Boson stars.- Black holes with hair.- Gravitational fields of rapidly rotating neutron stars: Theoretical foundation.- Gravitational fields of rapidly rotating neutron stars: Numerical results.- A new laboratory experiment for testing Newton's gravitational law.- Matter wave interferometry and why quantum objects are fundamental for establishing a gravitational theory.

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