Relativity and Gravitation in General

by Martn, J.; Ruiz, E.; Atrio, Fl; Molina, A.

• ISBN13: 9789810239329
• ISBN10: 9810239327
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC

Summary

Proceedings of the Spanish Relativity Meeting in Honor of the 65th Birthday of Lluis Bel held in Salamanca, Spain, September 22-25, 1998.

Table of Contents

I. Invited Lectures
Frames of Reference and Some of its Applications	3	(32)
Ll. Bel
The Immortal Bel Robinson Tensor	35	(10)
S. Deser
Relativistic Quasiparticles, A Covariant Approach	45	(30)
R. Hakim
H. D. Sivak
Energy, Radiation, and the Bel Tensor	75	(4)
I. Robinson
II. Contributed Papers
Successive Approximations to the Regular Order Reduction of Singular Equations	79	(6)
J. M. Aguirregabiria
A Hernandez
M. Rivas
The Holographic Principle and the Renormalization Group	85	(6)
E. Alvarez
C. Gomez
A Universal Law of Gravitational Deformation for General Relativity	91	(8)
B. Coll
Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies Seeded by Coherent and Scaling Sources	99	(6)
A. Riazuelo
N. Deruelle
Isometric Invariance of the Positive-Frequency Kernel in Generalized FRW Spacetimes	105	(8)
Ph. Droz-Vincent
Fermat-Holonomous Congruences	113	(6)
J. Llosa
D. Soler
About the Einstein--Bel--Geroch Equations	119	(8)
Ch. Martin
Local Anisotropy of Space in a Frame of Reference Co-Moving with the Earth	127	(6)
Ll. Bel
A. Molina
The Gertsenshtein Effect in the Laboratory	133	(6)
M. Portilla
R. Lapiedra
An Attempt to Derive Dirac's Equation for an Electron in an External Electromagnetic Field from a Classical Dynamical System	139	(8)
E. Ruiz
Einstein, General Relativity and the Field Concept	147	(14)
J. M. Sanchez-Ron
Alternative Statistical Analysis of CMB Maps	161	(14)
J. L. Sanz
Remarks on Superenergy Tensors	175	(8)
J. M. M. Senovilla
Scintillation in Scalar-Tensor Theories of Gravity	183	(8)
C. Bracco
P. Teyssandier
III. Communications
Two-Dimensional Spectroscopy Reveals an Arc of Extended Emission in the Gravitational Lens System Q2237+0305	191	(4)
D. Alcalde
Hyperbolic Methods in Numerical Relativity	195	(4)
A. Arbona
C. Bona
J. Masso
Cosmological Parameters	199	(4)
F. Atrio-Barandela
Characterizations of Symplectic Fiber Bundles in Gauge Theory	203	(4)
R. Benitez
J. Olivert
V. Liern
Spinors and the Bel-Robinson Tensor	207	(4)
G. Bergqvist
Light-Like Foliations in Schwarzschild Metric	211	(4)
V. J. Bolos
V. Liern
J. Olivert
Magnetohydrodynamics in Spherically Symmetric Spacetimes	215	(4)
B. O. J. Tupper
J. Carot
M. M. Collinge
Accuracy of Parameter Estimation within a Network of Gravitational-Wave Detectors	219	(6)
C. Culter
J. L. Hernandez-Pastora
Electrogravity Duality in General Relativity	225	(4)
N. Dadhich
Gravitational Field and Equations of Motion of Point-Like Binaries to 5/2 Post-Newtonian Order	229	(4)
G. Faye
On the Papapetrou Field in Vacuum	233	(4)
F. Fayos
C. F. Sopuerta
Dissipative Relativistic Hydrodynamics: Gauge-Variational Aspects	237	(6)
A. Fernandez
P. L. Garcia
Geodesic Completeness of Diagonal G2 Metrics	243	(4)
L. Fernandez-Jambrina
A Classification of Algebraically Generally Space--Times	247	(4)
J. J. Ferrando
J. A. Saez
Colliding Spherically Symmetric Null Dust in Equilibrium	251	(4)
L. A. Gergely
Rotating Incompressible Perfect Fluid Source of the NUT Metric	255	(4)
L. A. Gergely
Z. Perjes
G. Fodor
Spin Effects in Radiating Compact Binaries	259	(4)
L. A. Gergely
Z. Perjes
M. Vasuth
Critical Solution in the Collapsing-Exploding Scenario of a Neutrino-Radiating Star	263	(4)
L. M. Gonzalez-Romero
Radial Conformal Motions	267	(4)
A. Herrero
J. A. Morales
Relativistic Expanding Disks	271	(4)
R. Lazkoz
Noether's Theorem in General Relativity	275	(4)
V. Liern
J. M. Moreno
J. Olivert
On the Electrostatic Equilibrium of Two Charged Particles	279	(4)
N. Breton
V. S. Manko
J. A. Sanchez
Divergence-Free Vector Fields in Stationary and Axially Symmetric Vacuum Spacetimes	283	(4)
M. Mars
Density Contrast in Szekeres Models	287	(4)
F. C. Mena
R. Tavakol
On the (Non) Existence of Several Gravitomagnetic Effects	291	(6)
J.-F. Pascual-Sanchez
The Case for Hyperbolic Theories of Dissipation in Relativistic Fluids	297	(4)
D. Pavon
Inhomogeneous Exact Solutions with Varying Cosmological Term	301	(4)
L. P. Chimento
D. Pavon
Classical Spin Particles in the Geometric Algebra Formalism	305	(4)
J. M. Parra Serra
E. Sallent del Colombo
Closed and T-Periodic Geodesics in Lorentzian Manifolds	309	(6)
M. Sanchez
Equilibrium of Stars with Anisotropic Pressure	315	(6)
E. Santos Corchero
Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Detectors	321	(4)
A. M. Sintes
Coping with Non-Supersymmetric Black Holes in String Theory	325	(4)
J. L. F. Barbon
J. L. Manes
M. A. Vazquez-Mazo
Aspects of Pre-Big Bang Cosmology	329	(4)
A. Feinstein
M. A. Vazquez-Mozo
Segre Decomposition of Spacetimes	333	(4)
J. M. M. Senovilla
R. Vera
List of Participants	337