General Relativity: Proceedings of the Forty Sixth Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics, Aberdeen, July 1995

ISBN-13: 9780750304191 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 432 str.

G. S. Hall; J. R. Pulham

Opis

This volume contains the courses on General Relativity delivered at the 46th Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics, held at Aberdeen in July 1995. Each course was given by an acknowledged expert in their field. The courses were aimed at postgraduates and postdoctoral students and provide an introduction to many areas of the subject, both mathematical and physical.

Spis treści

Mathematics of General Relativity (Bernd Schmidt). Partial Differential Equations of Physics (Robert Geroch). Gravitostatics and Rotating Bodies (Gernot Neugebauer). A Guide to Basic Exact Solutions (Zolt^D'an Perj^D'es). Relativistic Cosmology (John Wainwright). Black Holes in Cosmology and Astrophysics (Bernard Carr). Source of Gravitational Waves (Jos^D'e Alberto Lobo). Detection of Gravitational Waves (Norna A Robertson). The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment. A 1995 Update (Clifford M Will). Algebraic Computing in General Relativity (Ray d'Inverno). Numerical Computing in General Relativity (Ray d'Inverno). Quantum Gravity (Malcolm Perry). Poster Abstracts. Participants' Addresses. Index.

O autorze

G.S Hall