Overview
- A multifaceted approach to mass and motion given by the world’s leading scientists.
- A focused and coherent overview of the theoretical and experimental state of the art on the basic foundations and tests of gravity theories.
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Fundamental Theories of Physics (FTPH, volume 162)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- Alternative gravity theories
- Alternative gravity theory
- Effective one body dynamics
- GRT
- General relativity
- Gravitational wave
- Higgs boson
- Higgs mechanism
- LISA
- MOND
- Motion of compact bodies
- Post-Newtonian method
- Precision measurement
- Precision measurements
- Quantum gravity
- Radiation reaction
- Research on gravity
- Rotating black hole
- Self-force
- dark matter
- gravitation
- gravitational waves
- gravity
- mass
- mass and motion
About this book
From the infinitesimal scale of particle physics to the cosmic scale of the universe, research is concerned with the nature of mass. While there have been spectacular advances in physics during the past century, mass still remains a mysterious entity at the forefront of current research. Our current perspective on gravitation has arisen over millennia, through the contemplation of falling apples, lift thought experiments and notions of stars spiraling into black holes. In this volume, the world’s leading scientists offer a multifaceted approach to mass by giving a concise and introductory presentation based on insights from their respective fields of research on gravity. The main theme is mass and its motion within general relativity and other theories of gravity, particularly for compact bodies. Within this framework, all articles are tied together coherently, covering post-Newtonian and related methods as well as the self-force approach to the analysis of motion in curved space-time, closing with an overview of the historical development and a snapshot on the actual state of the art.
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All contributions reflect the fundamental role of mass in physics, from issues related to Newton’s laws, to the effect of self-force and radiation reaction within theories of gravitation, to the role of the Higgs boson in modern physics. High-precision measurements are described in detail, modified theories of gravity reproducing experimental data are investigated as alternatives to dark matter, and the fundamental problem of reconciling any theory of gravity with the physics of quantum fields is addressed. Auxiliary chapters set the framework for theoretical contributions within the broader context of experimental physics.
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The book is based upon the lectures of the CNRS School on Mass held in Orléans, France, in June 2008. All contributions have beenanonymously refereed and, with the cooperation of the authors, revised by the editors to ensure overall consistency.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mass and Motion in General Relativity
Editors: Luc Blanchet, Alessandro Spallicci, Bernard Whiting
Series Title: Fundamental Theories of Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3015-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-3014-6Published: 19 January 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3503-3Published: 27 February 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-3015-3Published: 19 January 2011
Series ISSN: 0168-1222
Series E-ISSN: 2365-6425
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 626
Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Classical Mechanics