General Relativity The Most Beautiful of Theories Applications and trends after 100 years 1st Edition by Carlo Rovelli ISBN 3110340429 9783110340426

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ISBN 10: 3110340429 

ISBN 13: 9783110340426

Author:  Carlo Rovelli 

Generalising Newton’s law of gravitation, general relativity is one of the pillars of modern physics. While applications in the beginning were restricted to isolated effects such as a proper understanding of Mercury’s orbit, the second half of the twentieth century saw a massive development of applications. These include cosmology, gravitational waves, and even very practical results for satellite based positioning systems as well as different approaches to unite general relativity with another very successful branch of physics – quantum theory. On the occassion of general relativity’s centennial, leading scientists in the different branches of gravitational research review the history and recent advances in the main fields of applications of the theory, which was referred to by Lev Landau as “the most beautiful of the existing physical theories”. Contributions from: Andy C. Fabian, Anthony L. Lasenby, Astrophysical black Holes Neil Ashby, GNSS and other applications of General Relativity Gene Byrd, Arthur Chernin, Pekka Teerikorpi, Mauri Vaaltonen, Observations of general Relativity at strong and weaks limits Ignazio Ciufolini, General Relativity and dragging of inertial frames Carlo Rovelli, The strange world of quantum spacetime

Table of contents:

Astrophysical Black Holes

• Introduction

• A Brief History of Astrophysical Black Holes

• Relativistic Astrophysics Emerges

• Evidence from X-rays, Quasars and AGN

• The Black Hole at the Centre of the Milky Way

• Galaxies and Black Holes

• Current Observations of Accreting Black Holes

• Measurements of the Masses of Black Holes

• Measurements of Black Hole Spin

• Future Observations of Astrophysical Black Holes

• More General Spherically Symmetric Black Holes

• Primordial Black Holes

• Conclusions

• Bibliography

Observations of General Relativity at Strong and Weak Limits

• Introduction

• Tests in the Solar System and Binary Systems

• Observational Discovery of a Non-Zero Cosmological Constant (Dark Energy)

• Weak Limit Test Near Zero Gravity Surface

• Estimating Cosmologically Nearby Dark Energy: The Local Group

• Mass, Dark Energy Density and the Lost Gravity Effect

• Dark Energy in the Coma Cluster of Galaxies

• Testing the Constancy of Λ

• Strong Limit: Spinning Black Holes and No-Hair Theorem

• OJ287 Binary System

• Modeling Binaries with Post Newtonian Methods

• OJ287 Results at the Strong Field Limit

• Conclusions

• Appended Sections

• Bibliography

General Relativity and Dragging of Inertial Frames

• Frame-Dragging: The Theory

• The Need to Further Test General Relativity

• The Holy Grail of Experimental General Relativity and Its Observation with the LAGEOS Satellites and Gravity Probe-B

• The LARES Space Experiment

• Conclusions

• Bibliography

GNSS and Other Applications of General Relativity

• Introduction

• Relativity Principles

• Astronomical and Geocentric Time Scales

• Earth-Based Time Scales

• Gravitational Frequency Shifts

• Sagnac Effect; Realizing Coordinate Time

• Relativistic Effects on Orbiting Clocks

• The Eccentricity Effect

• Navigation on the Rotating Earth

• Emission Coordinates

• JUNO and Other Missions

• Summary

• Bibliography

The Strange World of Quantum Spacetime

• A World with No Space

• A World Without Time

• Loop Gravity

• Quantum Spacetime

• Empirical Evidence

• Bibliography

• Index

• List of Contributors

• De Gruyter Studies in Mathematical Physics

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