Recent Advances in General Relativity – Einstein Studies Volume 4 – Hardcover
Recent Advances in General Relativity edited by Allen I. Janis and John R. Porter Birkhauser, 1992, First Edition, 0817635416, 3764335416, Hardcover as published without jacket, Einstein Studies Volume 4, Fine condition, no marks, no underlining, no highlighting, like new condition. 266 pages. Einstein Studies Volume 4 Classical general relativity, astrophysics, and quantum gravity have increasingly influenced one another in recent years. Black holes have moved to the forefront of astrophysical research, and pulsars have provided the first observational evidence for the validity of Einstein’s prediction of the rate at which gravitational waves would carry energy from a system. New mathematical techniques, introduced in classical relativity, are now being applied in the study of quantum gravity. Supercomputers are making it possible for physicists to study detailed predictions of the theory, which its highly nonlinear nature had previously made impossible. This collection of papers by the world’s leading research workers in these areas surveys these interacting fields of research. With a structured combination of high-level review papers and new results, plus extensive bibliographies, this book will help experts stay abreast of new developments, allow entrants to the field to find their way through the relevant literature, and give interested scientists a view of the current state of these exciting fields. CONTENTS Preface Dedication Conference Participants Opening Remarks………………………………… 1 Peter G. Bergmann H-Space and Twistors…………………………….. 6 Roger Penrose The Eth Operator………………………………… 26 George A. J. Sparling One-Dimensional Reductions of Self-Dual Yang-Mills Fields and Classical Equations ……………… 60 S. Chakravarty, M. J. Ablowitz, and P. A. Clarkson Self-Duality in Classical Gravity …………………….. 72 Joseph Samuel Holonomies in Quantum Gravity…………………….. 85 Carlo Rovelli Black Holes: The Inside Story ____…………………… 103 Werner Israel Scenes from General Relativistic Astrophysics…………… 127 John L. Friedman Asymptotic Stmcture of Space-Time ………………….. 146 Helmut Friedrich The Stiitzfunktion and the Cut Function ……………….. 182 K. Paul Tod Sources of Gravitational Waves and Prospects for Their Detection …………………….. 196 Kip S.Thorne Supernova 1987A Gravitational Wave Antenna Observations, Cross Sections, Correlations with Six Elementary Particle Detectors, and Resolution of Past Controversies ………….. 230 Joseph Weber On Joseph Weber’s New Cross Section for Resonant-Bar Gravitational Wave Detectors …………….. 241 Kip S.Thorne Workshop Reports Classical Gravity Workshop ………………………… 251 K. Paul Tod Workshop on Quantum Gravity ……………………… 255 KAREL V. KUCHAR Recent Progress in Computational Relativity ……………. 260 Charles R. Evans Contributors nthdegree books