General Relativity and Gravitation, 1989: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation

by Edited by Neil Ashby , David F. Bartlett , Walter Wyss

• ISBN13: 9780521384285
• ISBN10: 0521384281
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1990-10-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This volume contains the proceedings of the 12th triannual International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, the premier conference for presentation and discussion of new ideas in relativity and cosmology. The volume contains invited talks in addition to short reports on the parallel workshops that took place at the meeting. It is essential reading for all research workers in relativity, cosmology and astrophysics.

Table of Contents

Part I. Classical Relativity and Gravitation Theory: 1. Global properties of exact solutions H. Friedrich

2. Numerical relativity T. Nakamura

3. How fast can a pulsar spin? J. L. Friedman

4. Colliding waves in general relativity V. Ferrari

Part II. Relativistic Astrophysics, Early Universe, and Classical Cosmology

5. Observations of cosmic microwave radiation R. B. Partridge

6. Cosmic microwave background radiation (theory) M. Panek

7. Inflation and quantum cosmology A. D. Linde

8. Observations of lensing B. Fort

9. Gravitational lenses: theory and interpretation R. Blandford

Part III. Experimental Gravitation and Gravitational Waves

10. Solar system tests of GR: recent results and present plans I. Shapiro

11. Laser interferometer detectors R. Weiss

12. Resonant bar gravitational wave experiments G. Pizzella

13. A non-inverse square law tests E. Adelberger

Part IV. Quantum Gravity, Superstrings, Quantum Cosmology

14. Cosmic strings B. Unruh

15. String theory as a quantum theory of gravity G. Horowitz

16. Progress in quantum cosmology J. B. Hartle

17. Self-duality, quantum gravity, Wilson loops and all that A. V. Ashtekar

Part V. Summary Talk

18. GR-12 Conference summary J. Ehlers II

Part VI. Reports on Workshops/Symposia

19. Exact solutions and exact properties of Einstein equations V. Moncrieff

20. Spinors, twistors and complex methods N. Woodhouse

21. Alternative gravity theories M. Francaviglia

22. Asymptotia, singularities and global structure B. G. Schmidt

23. Radiative spacetimes and approximation methods T. Damour

24. Algebraic computing M. MacCallum

25. Numerical relativity J. Centrella

26. Mathematical cosmology J. Wainwright

27. The early universe M. Turner

28. Relativistic astrophysics M. Abramowitz

29. Astrophysical and observational cosmology B. Carr

30. Solar system and pulsar tests of gravitation R. Hellings

31. Earth-based gravitational experiments J. Faller

32. Resonant bar and microwave gravitational wave experiments W. Fairbanks

33. Laser gravitational wave experiments J. Hough

34. Theories of quantum gravity I (superstring theory) C. Aragone

35. New Hamiltonian variables L. Smolin

36. Quantum cosmology and baby universes L. Grishchuk

37. Quantum field theory in curved spacetime J. Audretsch

38. Theories of quantum gravity II (other than superstring theory) A. Komar.