Mass and motion in general relativity / [edited by] Luc Blanchet, Alessandro Spallicci and Bernard Whiting.
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TextSeries: Fundamental theories of physics ; v 162.Publication details: London : Springer, 2011.Description: xviii, 624 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: - 9789048130146
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| 530.11 B499 Introduction to the theory of relativity | 530.11 B583 General relativity, cosmology and astrophysics : | 530.11 B619 Origin, nature, and influence of relativity | 530.11 B641 Mass and motion in general relativity / | 530.11 B646 General relativity : | 530.11 B676 Special theory of relativity | 530.11 B711 Relativity today |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Higgs mechanism and the origin of mass / Abdelhak Djouadi --
Testing basic laws of gravitation : are our postulates on dynamics and gravitation supported by experimental evidence? / Claus Lämmerzahl --
Mass metrology and the international system of units (SI) / Richard S. Davis --
Mass and angular momentum in general relativity / José Luis Jaramillo and Eric Gourgoulhon --
Post-Newtonian theory and the two-body problem / Luc Blanchet --
Post-Newtonian methods : analytic results on the binary problem / Gerhard Schäfer --
The effective one-body description of the two-body problem / Thibault Damour and Alessandro Nagar --
Introduction to gravitational self-force / Robert M. Wald --
Derivation of gravitational self-force / Samuel E. Gralla and Robert M. Wald --
Elementary development of the gravitational self-force / Steven Detweiler --
Constructing the self-force / Eric Poisson --
Computational methods for the self-force in black hole spacetimes / Leor Barack --
Radiation reaction and energy-momentum conservation / Dmitri Gal'tsov --
The state of current self-force research / Lior M. Burko --
High-accuracy comparison between the post-Newtonian and self-force dynamics of black-hole binaries / Luc Blanchet [and others] --
LISA and capture sources / Oliver Jennrich --
Motion in alternative theories of gravity / Gilles Esposito-Farèse --
Mass, Inertia, and gravitation / Marc-Thierry Jaekel and Serge Reynaud --
Motion in quantum gravity/ Karim Noui --
Free fall and self-force : an historical perspective / Alessandro Spallicci.
In this volume, leading scientists offer a multifaceted approach to mass by giving a concise and introductory presentation into their particular research on gravity. The main theme is mass and its motion within general relativity and other theories of gravity.
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