Mathematical and Quantum Aspects of Relativity and Cosmology [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of the Second Samos Meeting on Cosmology, Geometry and Relativity Held at Pythagoreon, Samos, Greece, 31 August – 4 September 1998 / / edited by Spiros Cotsakis, Gary W. Gibbons
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Mathematical and Quantum Aspects of Relativity and Cosmology [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of the Second Samos Meeting on Cosmology, Geometry and Relativity Held at Pythagoreon, Samos, Greece, 31 August – 4 September 1998 / / edited by Spiros Cotsakis, Gary W. Gibbons
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| Pubblicazione: | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2000 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2000. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (IX, 254 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 530.11 |
| Soggetto topico: | Gravitation |
| Observations, Astronomical | |
| Astronomy—Observations | |
| Astrophysics | |
| Geometry | |
| Topology | |
| Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory | |
| Astronomy, Observations and Techniques | |
| Astrophysics and Astroparticles | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | CotsakisSpiros |
| GibbonsGary W | |
| Note generali: | "Physics and Astronomy." |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Global Wave Maps on Curved Space Times -- Einstein’s Equations and Equivalent Hyperbolic Dynamical Systems -- Generalized Bowen-York Initial Data -- The Reduced Hamiltonian of General Relativity and the ?-Constant of Conformal Geometry -- Anti-de-Sitter Spacetime and Its Uses -- Black Holes and Wormholes in 2+1 Dimensions -- Open Inflation -- Generating Cosmological Solutions from Known Solutions -- Multidimensional Cosmological and Spherically Symmetric Solutions with Intersecting p-Branes -- Open Issues. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book is written in a pedagogical style intelligible for graduate students. It reviews recent progress in black-hole and wormhole theory and in mathematical cosmology within the framework of Einstein's field equations and beyond, including quantum effects. This collection of essays, written by leading scientists of long standing reputation, should become an indispensable source for future research. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Mathematical and quantum aspects of relativity and cosmology |
| ISBN: | 3-540-46671-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910139811603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Lecture Notes in Physics, . 0075-8450 ; ; 537