General relativity and John Archibald Wheeler / edited by Ignazio Ciufolini, Richard A. Matzner
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- 出版： Dordrecht : Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
- 叢書名： Astrophysics and Space Science Library ,367
- 主題： Wheeler, John Archibald 1911-2008--Influence. , Wheeler, John Archibald 1911-2008--Knowledge--General relativity (Physics) , General relativity (Physics) , Gravitational fields. , Astrophysics , Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory. , Astrophysics and Astroparticles. , Cosmology. , Physics.
- ISBN： 9789048137350 (electronic bk.) 、 9789048137343 (paper)
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- 系統號： 005169344 | 機讀編目格式
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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.