Gravity: Where Do We Stand?

This book presents an overview of the current understanding of gravitation, with a focus on the current efforts to test its theories, especially general relativity. It shows how the quest for a deeper understanding, which would possibly incorporate gravity in the quantum realm, is more than ever an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Peron, Roberto (Editor), Colpi, Monica (Editor), Gorini, Vittorio (Editor), Moschella, Ugo (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Subjects:
Gravitation.
Cosmology.
Astrophysics.
Elementary particles (Physics).
Quantum field theory.
Classical and Quantum Gravity.
Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Gravity: Newtonian, post-Newtonian and General Relativistic
  • Newtonian Gravity and its classical tests (Equivalence Principle, Measure of G, 1/r2 dependence)
  • Gravitational Tests with Interplanetary Probes
  • Probing gravity with second generation lunar laser ranging
  • Fundamental physics with the LAGEOS satellites
  • The role of binary pulsars in testing Gravity Theories
  • Gravitational waves: theory, sources, detectors
  • Possible low energy manifestations of strings and gravity
  • Effective Field Theories with Lorentz Violations and their observational constraints
  • Search for generic violations of Lorentz invariance in the Standard Model Extension formalism
  • The MOND-TeVeS theory and the lensing results from the Bullet Cluster.

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