Relativity News

• Frontiers in General Relativity

  New book covers exciting applications of particles and photons in the theoretical framework of General Relativity

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "Relativistic fluid dynamics"

  Andersson, N., Comer, G.L. Relativistic fluid dynamics: physics for many different scales. Living Rev Relativ 24, 3 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-021-00031-6 Open Access | Review Article Published: 24 June 2021 Major update of the 2007 edition.

• General Relativity and Cosmology: A First Encounter

  New textbook gives an accessible introduction for undergraduates and graduates alike 

• An Introduction to Mathematical Relativity

  New textbook aimed at graduate students in mathematics and physics with special interest in the field

• Roberto Emparan joins LRR Editorial Board

  Roberto Emparan has accepted our invitation to join the Editorial Board of Living Reviews in Relativity in April 2021. He will succeed Mukund Rangamani and Don Marolf as editor for string theory and gravitation.

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "The general relativistic constraint equations"

  Carlotto, A. The general relativistic constraint equations. Living Rev Relativ 24, 2 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-020-00030-z Open Access | Review Article Published: 24 February 2021

• Peter Wolf joins LRR Editorial Board

  Peter Wolf has accepted our invitation to join the Editorial Board of Living Reviews in Relativity in February 2021. He will follow our founding member Cliff Will, who is retiring from the board after more than 20 years, as an editor for experimental relativity.

• GRG Editor's Choice: Resolving the H0 tension with diffusion

  Perez, A., Sudarsky, D. & Wilson-Ewing, E. Resolving the H0 tension with diffusion. Gen Relativ Gravit 53, 7 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-020-02781-0 Editor's Choice (Research Article) Published: 8 January 2021

• Vitor Cardoso joins LRR Editorial Board

  Vitor Cardoso has accepted our invitation to join the Editorial Board of Living Reviews in Relativity in January 2021.  He will follow our founding member Cliff Will, who is retiring from the board after more than 20 years, as an editor for the field of tests of GR and alternative theories.

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "Time-delay interferometry"

  Tinto, M., Dhurandhar, S.V. Time-delay interferometry. Living Rev Relativ 24, 1 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-020-00029-6 Open Access | Review Article Published: 15 December 2020 Major update of the 2014 edition.

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "Neutron star mergers and how to study them"

  Eric Burns. Neutron star mergers and how to study them. Living Rev Relativ 23, 4 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-020-00028-7 Open Access | Review Article Published: 26 November 2020

• In memoriam Joshua Goldberg (1925-2020)

  Free access to Goldberg Festschrift (2011) until 16 November 2020

• 2020 Nobel Prize Laureate Roger Penrose and GRG

  Read journal articles and selected book chapters for free

• 2021 Einstein Prize Recipients: Clifford Will & Saul Teukolsky

  Congratulations to Living Reviews in Relativity's long-time editor!

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA"

  Abbott, B.P. et al. "Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA". Living Rev Relativ 23, 3 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-020-00026-9 Open Access | Review Article Published: 28 September 2020 Major update of the 2018 edition.

• GRG Invited Report: "Prospects for fundamental physics with LISA"

  Barausse, E., Berti, E., Hertog, T. et al. Prospects for fundamental physics with LISA. Gen Relativ Gravit 52, 81 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-020-02691-1 Invited Report: Introduction to Current Research Published: 31 August 2020

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "AdS black holes, holography and localization"

  Zaffaroni, A., "AdS black holes, holography and localization", Living Rev Relativ (2020) 23: 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-020-00027-8 Open Access | Review Article Published: 28 August 2020

• Superradiance: New Frontiers in Black Hole Physics

  Second edition of comprehensive Lecture Notes in Physics volume updates and extends original of 2015

• Brian Metzger wins 2020 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists

  Living Reviews author recognized for his research on Kilonovae

• A Mathematical Journey to Relativity

  Deriving Special and General Relativity with Basic Mathematics

• A Short Course in General Relativity and Cosmology

  New textbook offers a concise introduction to general relativity and its straightforward application to cosmology

• GRG Editor's Choice: Superstrata (Invited Review)

  Shigemori, M. Superstrata. Gen Relativ Gravit 52, 51 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-020-02698-8 Editor's Choice (Invited Review: State of the Field) Published: 25 May 2020 Topical Collection: The Fuzzball Paradigm

• Leonard Susskind: Three Lectures on Complexity and Black Holes

  Pedagogically written, serves as a fundamental introduction to black holes and their complex physical interpretation © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

• Progress and Visions in Quantum Theory in View of Gravity

  Lectures and discussions from the conference “Progress and Visions in Quantum Theory in View of Gravity” held in Leipzig, October 2018

• Elements of General Relativity

  New volume by Piotr T. Chruściel in Birkhäuser's Compact Textbooks in Mathematics series provides a solid background in mathematical general relativity to graduate and advanced undergraduate students 

• 2020 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize awarded to Davide Gerosa

  University of Birmingham physicist has been awarded prestigious prize for his contributions to gravitational-wave research

• GRG Editor's Choice: On average properties of inhomogeneous fluids in general relativity III. General fluid cosmologies

  Buchert, T., Mourier, P. & Roy, X. On average properties of inhomogeneous fluids in general relativity III: general fluid cosmologies. Gen Relativ Gravit 52, 27 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-020-02670-6 Editor's Choice (Research Article) Published: 12 March 2020

• GRG Editor's Choice: Non-perturbative 3D quantum gravity

  Goeller, C., Livine, E.R. & Riello, A. Non-perturbative 3D quantum gravity: quantum boundary states and exact partition function. Gen Relativ Gravit 52, 24 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-020-02673-3 Editor's Choice (Research Article) Published: 06 March 2020

• Special Relativity: An Introduction with 200 Problems and Solutions

  Second edition of Tsamparlis' comprehensive Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics includes seven new chapters

• Celebrating 50 years of General Relativity and Gravitation

  Free access to selected articles

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "Kilonovae" (Update)

  Metzger, B., "Kilonovae", Living Rev Relativ (2020) 23: 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-019-0024-0 Open Access | Review Article Published: 16 December 2019

• GRG Golden Oldie: On the Newtonian limit of Einstein’s theory of gravitation by Jürgen Ehlers (1981)

  Ehlers, J., Republication of: On the Newtonian limit of Einstein’s theory of gravitation, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2624-0 Golden Oldie First Online: 10 December 2019 

• GRG welcomes new Editor-in-Chief Mairi Sakellariadou

  Mairi Sakellariadou succeeds Roy Maartens in 2020 – leading the journal together with Pablo Laguna into its 50th anniversary year!

• GRG Editor's Choice: Gravitational lensing beyond geometric optics – II. Metric independence

  Harte, A.I., Gravitational lensing beyond geometric optics: II. Metric independence, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2646-7 Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online: 07 December 2019

• Black Hole Formation and Growth

  Saas-Fee Advanced Course 48. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

• GRG Topical Collection "Testing the Kerr spacetime with gravitational-wave and electromagnetic observations"

  Special collection of invited articles completed and free-to-read until 11 December 2019. Guest editor: Emanuele Berti.

• Applied General Relativity: Theory and Applications in Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics and Metrology

  New book in Springer's Astronomy and Astrophysics Library series serves as graduate-level textbook and basic reference to the field

• GRG Editor's Choice: Causal geodesic incompleteness of spacetimes arising from IMP gluing

  Burkhart, M. & Pollack, D., Causal geodesic incompleteness of spacetimes arising from IMP gluing, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2621-3

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "Terrestrial gravity fluctuations" (Update)

  Harms, J., "Terrestrial gravity fluctuations", Living Rev Relativ (2019) 22: 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-019-0022-2 Open Access | Review Article First Online: 14 October 2019

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "The causal set approach to quantum gravity"

  Surya, S., "The causal set approach to quantum gravity", Living Rev Relativ (2019) 22: 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-019-0023-1 Open Access | Review Article First Online: 27 September 2019

• GRG Editor's Choice: Symmetries of free massless particles and soft theorems

  Banerjee, S., Symmetries of free massless particles and soft theorems, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2609-z Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online: 23 September 2019

• GRG Editor's Choice: Microstate geometries at a generic point in moduli space

  Bossard, G. & Lüst, S., Microstate geometries at a generic point in moduli space, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2584-4 Editor’s Choice (Invited Report: State of the field) First Online: 3 September 2019

• GRG Editor's Choice: A primer of group theory for Loop Quantum Gravity and spin-foams

  Pierre Martin-Dussaud, A primer of group theory for Loop Quantum Gravity and spin-foams, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2583-5 Editor’s Choice (Invited Report: State of the field) First Online: 3 September 2019

• GRG Topical Collection "The Fuzzball Paradigm"

  Call for papers contributing to special article collection

• Living Reviews article on "f(R) Theories" reaches 1,500 citations

  Highly cited paper in the top 1% of Web of Science's physics category

  Berlin, August 2019

• GRG Editor's Choice: One point functions for black hole microstates

  Garcia i Tormo, J. & Taylor, M., One point functions for black hole microstates, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2566-6 Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online: 11 July 2019

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "Testing the nature of dark compact objects"

  Cardoso, V. & Pani, P., "Testing the nature of dark compact objects: a status report", Living Rev Relativ (2019) 22: 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-019-0020-4 Open Access | Review Article First Online: 08 July 2019

• GRG Editor's Choice: Free-to-read throughout July 2019

  On the occasion of the GR22 / Amaldi13 conference, all recent Editor's Choice articles are free-to-read during July 2019.
  

• GRG Editor's Choice: Mathematical general relativity

  Coley, A.A., Mathematical general relativity, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2559-5 Editor's Choice (Invited Report: State of the Field) First Online: 24 June 2019

• A&ARv: "The astrophysics of nanohertz gravitational waves"

  Burke-Spolaor, S., Taylor, S.R., Charisi, M. et al., "The astrophysics of nanohertz gravitational waves", Astron Astrophys Rev (2019) 27: 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00159-019-0115-7 Open Access | Review Article First Online: 18 June 2019

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "Lorentzian causality theory"

  Minguzzi, E., "Lorentzian causality theory", Living Rev Relativ (2019) 22: 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-019-0019-x Open Access | Review Article First Online: 03 June 2019

• GRG Editor's Choice: The M−σ relation between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies

  Zubovas, K. & King, A.R., The M−σ relation between supermassive black holes and their host galaxies, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2549-7 Editor's Choice (Invited Report: Introduction to Current Research) First Online: 15 May 2019

• General Relativity and Gravitation welcomes Shane L. Larson

  New GRG Associate Editor for Relativistic Astrophysics
  

• GRG Editor's Choice: Black hole thermodynamics – general relativity and beyond

  Sarkar, S., Black hole thermodynamics: general relativity and beyond, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2545-y Editor's Choice (Invited Report: Introduction to Current Research) First Online: 11 May 2019

• GRG Editor's Choice: Sobolev stability of the PMT and RPI using IMCF

  Allen, B., Sobolev stability of the Positive Mass Theorem and Riemannian Penrose Inequality using inverse mean curvature flow, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2523-4​​​​​​​ Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online: 02 May 2019

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "Advanced quantum techniques for future gravitational-wave detectors"

  Danilishin, S.L., Khalili, F.Y. & Miao, H., "Advanced quantum techniques for future gravitational-wave detectors", Living Rev Relativ (2019) 22: 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-019-0018-y Open Access | Review Article First Online: 29 April 2019

• GRG Golden Oldie: The theoretical significance of experimental relativity by R. H. Dicke (1964)

  Dicke, R.H., Republication of: The theoretical significance of experimental relativity, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2509-2 Golden Oldie First Online: 30 April 2019

• 2019 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize awarded to Kent Yagi

  Kent Yagi was awarded the 2019 Young Scientist Prize in General Relativity and Gravitation "for his insightful and broad contributions to the physics of gravitational waves, neutron stars, and experimental gravitation"
  

• GRG Editor's Choice: Busting up binaries: encounters between compact binaries and a supermassive black hole

  Addison, E., Gracia-Linares, M., Laguna, P., Larson, S.L., Busting up binaries: encounters between compact binaries and a supermassive black hole, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2523-4​​​ Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online: 05 March 2019

• GRG Editor's Choice: The propagation delay in the timing of a pulsar orbiting a supermassive black hole

  Hackmann, E. & Dhani, A., The propagation delay in the timing of a pulsar orbiting a supermassive black hole, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2517-2 Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online: 04 March 2019

• Advanced Lectures on General Relativity

  Lecture Notes in Physics, vol. 952

  Author: Geoffrey Compère
  © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 

• GRG Editor's Choice: Examining the Kerr metric through wave fronts of null geodesics

  Kling, T.P., Grotzke, E., Roebuck, K., Waite, H., Examining the Kerr metric through wave fronts of null geodesics, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2518-1​​​​​​​ Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online: 20 February 2019
  

• GRG Editor's Choice: Stellar tidal disruption events in general relativity

  Stone, N.C., Kesden, M., Cheng, R.M., van Velzen, S., Stellar tidal disruption events in general relativity, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2510-9 Editor's Choice (Invited Review: State of the Field) First Online: 12 February 2019

• Relativistic Geodesy: Foundations and Applications

  New book in Springer's Fundamental Theories of Physics series is based on lectures from the 609. WE-Heraeus-Seminar in Bad Honnef, March 2016
  

• GRG Editor's Choice: The existence of smooth solutions in q-models

  Osorio Morales, J. & Santillán, O.P., The existence of smooth solutions in q-models, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2507-4 Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online: 09 February 2019
  

• GRG Editor's Choice: Null boundary terms for Lanczos–Lovelock gravity

  Chakraborty, S. & Parattu, K., Null boundary terms for Lanczos–Lovelock gravity, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-019-2502-9 Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online: 01 February 2019
  

• The Physics and Astrophysics of Neutron Stars

  Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol. 457
  Editors: Luciano Rezzolla, Pierre Pizzochero, David Ian Jones, Nanda Rea, Isaac Vidaña
  © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018 
  

• GRG Editor's Choice: Gravitational lensing beyond geometric optics – I. Formalism and observables

  Harte, A.I., Gravitational lensing beyond geometric optics: I. Formalism and observables, Gen Relativ Gravit (2019) 51: 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2494-x Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online: 03 January 2019
  

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "Testing general relativity in cosmology"

  Ishak, M., "Testing general relativity in cosmology", Living Rev Relativ (2019) 22: 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-018-0017-4 Open Access | Review Article First Online: 18 December 2018
  

• General Relativity and Gravitation welcomes Pablo Laguna

  Introducing our new Editor-in-Chief to succeed Abhay Ashtekar
  

• GRG Editor's Choice: Quasi-local energy from a Minkowski reference

  Chen, CM., Liu, JL. & Nester, J.M., Quasi-local energy from a Minkowski reference, Gen Relativ Gravit (2018) 50: 158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2484-z Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online: 19 November 2018
  

• Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Space Time Singularities

  This special issue of Foundations of Physics addresses these exciting topics includes articles by several pioneers in these fields. Originating from a workshop at the Vatican Observatory in May 2017, which honored the legacy of George Lemaître.
  

• NRF Awards: Roy Maartens Receives Top Honours From National Research Foundation

  Roy Maartens of the University of the Western Cape’s (UWC) Astrophysics Group, had his A-rating renewed at the 2018 National Research Foundation Awards. Congratulations to the Editor-in-Chief of our journal General Relativity and Gravitation and author of highly-cited Living Reviews on "Brane-World Gravity"!
  

• Abhay Ashtekar honored with Einstein Prize

  American Physical Society award recognizes outstanding accomplishments in the field of gravitational physics. Congratulations to the Editor-in-Chief of our journal General Relativity and Gravitation (2012–2018) and editor of the Springer Handbook of Spacetime (2014)!
  

• Breakthrough New Horizons in Physics Prize 2019

  Recipients of the 2019 Breakthrough and New Horizons Prizes announced.
  

• GRG Golden Oldie: Lichnerowicz (1964)

  Lichnerowicz, A., Republication of: Propagators, commutators and anti-commutators in general relativity, Gen Relativ Gravit (2018) 50: 145. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2433-x Golden Oldie First Online: 16 October 2018
  

• GRG Editor's Choice: Null infinity, the BMS group and infrared issues

  Ashtekar, A., Campiglia, M. & Laddha, A., Null infinity, the BMS group and infrared issues, Gen Relativ Gravit (2018) 50: 140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2464-3 Editor's Choice (Invited Report: Introduction to Current Research) First Online: 10 October 2018
  

• GRG Golden Oldie: Doroshkevich & Novikov (1964)

  Doroshkevich, A.G. & Novikov, I.D., Republication of: Mean density of radiation in the Metagalaxy and certain problems in relativistic cosmology, Gen Relativ Gravit (2018) 50: 138. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2441-x Golden Oldie First Online: 10 October 2018
  

• 2nd Karl Schwarzschild Meeting on Gravitational Physics

  Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol. 208 
  Editors: Piero Nicolini, Matthias Kaminski, Jonas Mureika, Marcus Bleicher
  © Springer Nature Switzerland 2018
  

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity and post-Newtonian dynamics of compact binaries"

  Schäfer, G. & Jaranowski, P., "Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity and post-Newtonian dynamics of compact binaries", Living Rev Relativ (2018) 21:7 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-018-0016-5 Open Access | Review Article First Online: 31 August 2018
  

• GRG Editor's Choice: Analytic analysis of irregular discrete universes

  Jolin, Shan W. & Rosquist, Kjell, Analytic analysis of irregular discrete universes, Gen Relativ Gravit (2018) 50: 115. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2436-7 Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online:  21 August 2018
  

• GRG Editor's Choice: Classical mechanics via GR and Maxwell's theory: a bit of magic

  Newman, Ezra T., Classical mechanics via general relativity and Maxwell's theory: a bit of magic, Gen Relativ Gravit (2018) 50: 111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2424-y Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online:  19 August 2018

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "Computer algebra in gravity research"

  MacCallum, M.A.H., "Computer algebra in gravity research", Living Rev Relativ (2018) 21: 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-018-0015-6 Open Access | Review Article First Online: 20 August 2018
  

• GRG Editor's Choice: Difficulties of quantitative tests of the Kerr-hypothesis with X-ray observations of mass accreting black holes

  Krawczynski, H., Difficulties of quantitative tests of the Kerr-hypothesis with X-ray observations of mass accreting black holes, Gen Relativ Gravit (2018) 50: 100. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2419-8 Editor's Choice (Invited Review: State of the Field) First Online: 24 July 2018

• GRG Editor's Choice: Primordial power spectrum from the Dapor–Liegener model of loop quantum cosmology

  Agullo, I., Primordial power spectrum from the Dapor–Liegener model of loop quantum cosmology, Gen Relativ Gravit (2018) 50: 91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2413-1 Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online: 03 July 2018

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "Geometrical inequalities bounding angular momentum and charges in General Relativity"

  Dain, S., Gabach-Clement, M.E. "Geometrical inequalities bounding angular momentum and charges in General Relativity", Living Rev Relativ (2018) 21: 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-018-0014-7 Open Access | Review Article First Online: 05 July 2018

• Cosimo Bambi: Introduction to General Relativity

  A Course for Undergraduate Students of Physics
  

• GRG Editor's Choice: The collisional Penrose process

  Schnittman, J.D., The collisional Penrose process, Gen Relativ Gravit (2018) 50: 77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2373-5 Editor's Choice (Invited Review: State of the Field) First Online: 05 June 2018
  

• GRG Editor's Choice: Semiclassical approximation of the Wheeler–DeWitt equation

  Kiefer, C. & Wichmann, D., Semiclassical approximation of the Wheeler–DeWitt equation: arbitrary orders and the question of unitarity, Gen Relativ Gravit (2018) 50: 66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2390-4 Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online: 21 May 2018

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "Relativistic dynamics and extreme mass ratio inspirals"

  Amaro-Seoane, P., "Relativistic dynamics and extreme mass ratio inspirals", Living Rev Relativ (2018) 21: 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-018-0013-8​​​​​​​ Open Access | Review Article First Online: 15 May 2018

• GR22 and Amaldi13 in Valencia, Spain

  22nd International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (GR22) and the 13th Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves (Amaldi13) will take place from 7th – 12th July 2019 at the University of Valencia, Spain.
  

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "Observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA" (Update)

  Abbott, B.P. et al. (KAGRA Collaboration, LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration), "Prospects for observing and localizing GW transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA", Living Rev Relativ (2018) 21: 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-018-0012-9​​​​​​​ Open Access | Review Article First Online: 26 April 2018 (Major revision, updated and expanded.)
  

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "Cosmology and fundamental physics with the Euclid satellite" (Update)

  Amendola, L. et al. (The Euclid Theory Working Group), "Cosmology and fundamental physics with the Euclid satellite", Living Rev Relativ (2018) 21: 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-017-0010-3​​​​​​​ Open Access | Review Article First Online: 12 April 2018 (Major revision, updated and expanded.)
  

• GRG Editor's Choice: Light deflection and Gauss–Bonnet theorem: definition of total deflection angle and its applications

  Arakida, H., Light deflection and Gauss–Bonnet theorem: definition of total deflection angle and its applications, Gen Relativ Gravit (2018) 50: 48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2368-2 Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online: 05 April 2018

• GRG Editor's Choice: Extreme gravity tests with gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences: (I) inspiral–merger

  Berti, E., Yagi, K. & Yunes, N., Extreme gravity tests with gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences: (I) inspiral–merger, Gen Relativ Gravit (2018) 50: 46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2362-8 Editor's Choice (Review Article) First Online: 03 April 2018
  

• GRG Editor's Choice: 2-vertex Lorentzian spin foam amplitudes for dipole transitions

  Sarno, G., Speziale, S. & Stagno, G.V., 2-vertex Lorentzian spin foam amplitudes for dipole transitions, Gen Relativ Gravit (2018) 50: 43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2360-x​​​​​​​ Editor's Choice (Research Article) First Online: 23 March 2018
  

• GRG Editor's Choice: Shadows and strong gravitational lensing – a brief review

  Pedro V. P. Cunha & Carlos A. R. Herdeiro, Shadows and strong gravitational lensing: a brief review, Gen Relativ Gravit (2018) 50: 42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-018-2361-9 Editor's Choice (Invited Review: State of the Field) First Online: 20 March 2018
  

• Living Reviews in Relativity: "Tests of chameleon gravity"

  Burrage, Clare & Sakstein, Jeremy, "Tests of chameleon gravity", Living Rev Relativ (2018) 21: 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41114-018-0011-x Open Access | Review Article First Online: 16 March 2018

• Benacquista & Romano: Classical Mechanics

  This new book in the Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics series provides an ideal blend of general concepts and methods which are then applied to important classes of problems
  

• Stephen Hawking 1942–2018

  In memory of Prof. Stephen Hawking: a selection of classic articles from Springer's portfolio