General Relativity and John Archibald Wheeler (Paperback, 2010 ed.)

Observational and experimental data pertaining to gravity and cosmology are changing our view of the Universe. General relativity is a fundamental key for the understanding of these observations and its theory is undergoing a continuing enhancement of its intersection with observational and experimental data. These data include direct observations and experiments carried out in our solar system, among which there are direct gravitational wave astronomy, frame dragging and tests of gravitational theories from solar system and spacecraft observations. This book explores John Archibald Wheeler's seminal and enduring contributions in relativistic astrophysics and includes: the General Theory of Relativity and Wheeler's influence; recent developments in the confrontation of relativity with experiments; the theory describing gravitational radiation, and its detection in Earth-based and space-based interferometer detectors as well as in Earth-based bar detectors; the mathematical description of the initial value problem in relativity and applications to modeling gravitational wave sources via computational relativity; the phenomenon of frame dragging and its measurement by satellite observations. All of these areas were of direct interest to Professor John A. Wheeler and were seminally influenced by his ideas.

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Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 367
Release date:	September 2012
First published:	2010
Editors:	Ignazio Ciufolini • Richard A. Matzner
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	548
Edition:	2010 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9400732568
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Classical mechanics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Relativity physics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics
LSN:	9400732562
Barcode:	9789400732568

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