1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996466707303316

Titolo

Rotating Objects and Relativistic Physics [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of the El Escorial Summer School on Gravitation and General Relativity 1992: Rotating Objects and Other Topics Held at El Escorial, Spain, 24–28 August 1992 / / edited by F.J. Chinea, L.M. Gonzales-Romero

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1993

ISBN

3-540-48087-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 1993.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 308 p. 13 illus.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 423

Disciplina

530.1/1

Soggetti

Gravitation

Physics

Quantum physics

Quantum computers

Spintronics

Observations, Astronomical

Astronomy—Observations

Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation

Quantum Physics

Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Equilibrium configurations of general relativistic rotating stars -- Axisymmetric stationary solutions of Einstein's equations -- The dyadic approach to solutions for rotating rigid bodies -- Stationary and axisymmetric perfect-fluid solutions to Einstein's equations -- Black-Holes in X-Ray Binaries -- General relativistic stationary axisymmetric rotating systems -- The superposition of two Kerr-Newman solutions



-- Stationary black holes rotate differentially -- Differentially rotating perfect fluids -- Rotating barotropes -- Matching of stationary axisymmetric space-times -- Axial symmetry and conformal killings -- Numerical relativistic hydrodynamics -- Singularity-free spacetimes -- On radiative solutions in general relativity -- Application of Wahlquist-Estabrook method to relativity vacuum equations with one Killing vector -- On the regularity of spherically symmetric static spacetimes -- Shock capturing methods in 1D numerical relativity -- Invariance transformations of the class y? = F(x) y N of differential equations arising in general relativity -- Relativistic Kinetic Theory and cosmology -- Colliding gravitational waves with variable polarization -- The monopole — Quadrupole solution of Einstein's equations -- Effective action methods in cosmology: The back-reaction problem -- Quantization in a colliding plane wave spacetime -- Coleman's mechanism in Jordan-Brans-Dicke gravity -- No-boundary condition in multidimensional gravity -- Distance of matter inside an Einstein-Strauss vacuole -- Conformally stationary cosmological models -- L-Rigidity in Newtonian approximation -- Presymplectic manifolds and conservation laws -- On a project for a repetition of the Michelson - Morley experiment -- Nonlinear evolution of cosmological inhomogeneities -- The great attractor and the COBE quadrupole.

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses physicists working in general relativity, astrophysics and cosmology. The contributions are based on reports given at a summer school the goal of which was to review modern research for students. The school was centered on the study of gravitational fields corresponding to rotating objects of astrophysical interest, under different viewpoints: theoretical, numerical and observational. Special emphasis is put on the analysis of interior and exterior fields of stationary axisymmetric systems. Lectures and contributions, collected here in Part I, ranged from basic information useful to newcomers to technical points pertaining to current research in this area. Part II contains lectures and contributions on other aspects of gravitation theory.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777931303321

Autore

Winborn Aaron

Titolo

Drupal multimedia [[electronic resource] ] : create media-rich Drupal sites by learning to embed and manipulate images, video, and audio / / by Aaron Winborn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Birmingham, U.K., : Packt Pub., c2008

ISBN

1-281-88701-3

9786611887018

1-84719-461-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

From technologies to solutions

Disciplina

808.0427

Soggetti

Web site development

Web sites - Design

Database management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview; Drupal's Multimedia; Drupal's Building Blocks; Nodes; Regions and Blocks; Themes; Contributed Modules; Content Construction Kit (CCK); Custom Content Types; Fields; User Permissions; Creating Content; Views; View Administration; Creating a New View; Basic Settings; Page Views; Advanced Views Options; Advanced Theming; Adding a New Theme; Basic Template Files; Custom Regions; Theme Function Overrides; Template Files Revisited; Summary; Chapter 2: Images for Admins and Editors; What Does Our Site Want?; Creating a Gallery

Image ModuleGallery Categories; Image Size Settings; Image Gallery Settings; Gallery Alternatives; A Brief Note about Image Toolkits; Teaser Thumbnails; Image attach; Image attach Content Settings; Attaching Images to Content; Images Embedded in Content; HTML; Image Assist; WYSIWYG; WYSIWYG Alternatives; Summary; Chapter 3: Developing for Images; Image Node: The Traditional Method; Multiple Images; ImageField: Flexible, Powerful, Useful; Widget Field Settings; Global Settings; Managing Fields; Creating Custom Content; Display Fields;



Block Views; Resizing and Cropping; ImageCache

Third-Party ImagesEmbedded Media Field; Views for Galleries and Slideshows; User Images; Taxonomy Images; Summary; Chapter 4: Theming Images; Styling a View; Investigating a Theme; Firebug; Theme Developer Module; Overriding Image Nodes; Image Effects; Rollover Menus; Slicing Images; Cascading Style Sheets (CSS); Drop Shadows; LightBox; More Eye Candy; Magnification; Star Ratings; Watermarks; Slideshows; Summary; Chapter 5: Third-Party Video; Third-Party Video Providers; Embedded Media Field; Summary; Chapter 6: Local Video; Local Video Files; FileField; Theme Your Video; Preprocess Hook

Thumbnail OverlaysFlash Video Players; jQuery Media; Logo Overlays; Inline Local Video; Summary; Chapter 7: File Asset Management; Node Referenced Files; Theming Node Referenced Videos; Asset Module; Media Mover; Media Mover Processes; Media Mover in Action; Kaltura; Summary; Chapter 8: Audio Nodes; Audio Formats; WAV Lossless Format; MP3 for Music; Open Source OGG; Encoding Audio; Audio Module; Submitting Audio Content; Metadata; Audio Players; Summary; Chapter 9: Audio Fields; FileField Remixed; jQuery Media to the Rescue; External Audio; Summary; Chapter 10: Theming Audio

Node Referenced ClipsAlternatives; Audio Playlists; XSPF Playlists; XSPF File Format; XSPF Playlist; Creating Our XSPF File; Building Our View; Linking Our Links; User-Created Embeddable Playlists; User Playlist Views; Embeddable Audio; Summary; Chapter 11: The Future of Drupal Multimedia; File Handling; Why This Is Profound; Multimedia APIs; Multimedia in the Core; Multipurpose Fields; Image versus ImageField; Content Field is King; Core Fields; User Experience; Administration Interface; Usability Testing; Embeddable Widgets; Semantic Multimedia; Microformats; RDF Triples

Tagging Semantic Multimedia

Sommario/riassunto

Create media-rich Drupal sites by learning to embed and manipulate images, video, and audio