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Gravitation in Astrophysics

Cargèse 1986

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. B. Carter

    1. CNRS-Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France

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  2. J. B. Hartle

    1. University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series B: (NSSB, volume 156)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Gravitation in Localized Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. An Introduction to the Theory of Gravitational Radiation

      • Thibault Damour
      Pages 3-62

    3. Mathematical Foundations of the Theory of Relativistic Stellar and Black Hole Configurations

      • Brandon Carter
      Pages 63-122

    4. Relativistic Gravitational Instabilities

      • Bernard F. Schutz
      Pages 123-153

    5. Accretion and Collapse

      • D. Lynden-Bell
      Pages 155-193

    6. Accretion Disk Electrodynamics

      • M. Kuperus
      Pages 195-208

    7. Special Topics I

      1. The Membrane Paradigm for Black-Hole Astrophysics
        • Kip S. Thorne
        Pages 209-213
      2. Tidal Disruption
        • J. P. Luminet
        Pages 215-228
      3. Naked Singularities in Spherical Gravitational Collapse
        • D. M. Eardley
        Pages 229-235

  3. Gravitation in Cosmology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237
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    2. Some Topics in Relativistic Cosmology

      • John D. Barrow
      Pages 239-291

    3. Cosmic Strings and the Origin of Structure in the Universe

      • D. M. Eardley
      Pages 293-305

    4. Cosmological Phase Transitions

      • Edward W. Kolb
      Pages 307-327

    5. Prediction in Quantum Cosmology

      • James B. Hartle
      Pages 329-360

    6. Special Topics II

      1. The Quasi-Isotropic Universe
        • D. J. Raine
        Pages 361-370
      2. Semiclassical Quantum Gravity in Two and Four Dimensions
        • Norma Sánchez
        Pages 371-381
      3. Towards a Theory for the Quantum Mechanics of Gravitational Collapse
        • G. ’t Hooft
        Pages 383-395

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 397-399
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About this book

With the discovery of pulsars, quasars, and galactic X-ray sources in the late 60's and early 70's, and the coincident expansion in the search for gravitational waves, rela­ tivistic gravity assumed an important place in the astrophysics of localized objects. Only by pushing Einstein's solar-system-tested general theory of relativity to the study of the extremes of gravitational collapse and its outcomes did it seem that one could explain these frontier astronomical phenomena. This conclusion continues to be true today. Relativistic gravity had always played the central role in cosmology. The discov­ ery of the cosmic background radiation in 1965, the increasing understanding of matter physics at high energies in the decades following, and the growing wealth of observations on the large scale structure meant that it was possible to make increasingly detailed mod­ els of the universe, both today and far in the past. This development, not accidentally, was contemporary to that for localized objects described above.

Editors and Affiliations

  • CNRS-Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France

    B. Carter

  • University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

    J. B. Hartle

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Gravitation in Astrophysics

  • Book Subtitle: Cargèse 1986

  • Editors: B. Carter, J. B. Hartle

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series B:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1897-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-42590-5Due: 01 June 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9056-8Published: 19 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-1897-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0258-1221

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 399

  • Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

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