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General relativity and gravitation : proceedings of the 17th International Conference, RDS Convention Centre, Dublin, 18-23 July 2004 /

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 vol...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation Dublin, Ireland
Otros Autores: Florides, Petros, Nolan, Brien, Ottewill, Andrian
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The status of Nnumerical relativity
  • Loop quantum gravity, Quantum geometry and spin foams
  • Towards detection of gravitational waves
  • Advances in relativistic astrophysics
  • Recent results in mathematical relativity
  • Black holes and the information paradox
  • Gravitation and cosmology in Brane-worlds
  • gravitation and cosmology in Brane-worlds
  • Advanced gravitational-wave detector technologies: future generations of interferometers
  • Probing general relativity on the scales of cosmology
  • Relativity and astrophysics with LISA
  • The gravitationai self-force
  • Cosmic superstrings revisited
  • Quantum computation
  • Black holes in active galactic nuclei
  • The implications for cosmology of WMAP data.
  • Al: exact solutions and their interpretation
  • A2: complex methods, twistors, and connection variables
  • A3: mathematical studies of the field equations
  • A4: analytic approximation and perturbation methods
  • A5: numerical relativity and algebraic computing
  • A6: alternative theories of gravity
  • B1: relativistic astrophysics
  • B2(i): cosmology (i), early universe
  • B2(ii): cosmology (ii). Late universe and gravitational lenses
  • B2(iii): cosmology (iii). dark energy and the cosmological constant
  • B3: gravitational wave sources: source science, statistical methods
  • Cl(i): gravitational-wave detection (i). detector performance, operation, and commissioning
  • Cl(ii): gravitational-wave detection (ii). current gravitational wave detector results
  • Cl(iii): gravitational-wave detection (iii). advanced detector research and development
  • Cl(iv): gravitational-wave detection (iv). space-based interferomet
  • C2: laboratory and observational tests of gravitational theories
  • D.l: quantum general relativity
  • D2: string and M theory
  • D3: quantum field theory on curved spacetime.