Gravitation, cosmology, and cosmic-ray physics / / Panel on Gravitation, Cosmology, and Cosmic-Ray Physics, Physics Survey Committee, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1986
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
• Disciplina: 531/.14
• Soggetto topico: Gravitation; Cosmology; Cosmic rays
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: PHYSICS THROUGH THE 1990s -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- I Summary of Principal Recommendations -- RECOMMENDATIONS ON GRAVITATIONAL PHYSICS -- Space Program in Gravitation -- Ground-Based Studies in Gravitation -- Gravitation Theory -- RECOMMENDATIONS ON COSMOLOGY -- Space Program in Cosmology -- Ground-Based Studies in Cosmology -- Growth in Cosmology Research -- RECOMMENDATIONS ON COSMIC-RAY PHYSICS -- Space Program in Cosmic Rays -- Ground-Based Cosmic-Ray Studies -- II Gravitation -- 1 Experimental Tests of General Relativity: Introduction -- 2 Experimental Tests of General Relativity: Highlights -- EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE, EOTVOS TO LUNAR LASER RANGING -- GRAVITATIONAL REDSHIFT, MÖSSBAUER TO ROCKETBORNE MASER -- LIGHT DEFLECTION, ECLIPSES TO RADIO INTERFEROMETRY -- SIGNAL RETARDATION, NEWEST AND MOST ACCURATE TEST -- PERIHELION ADVANCE, EINSTEIN'S ONLY HANDLE -- CHANGING GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT, SOLAR-SYSTEM TIME VERSUS ATOMIC TIME -- LABORATORY TESTING OF GRAVITATION, SEARCHING FOR THE UNEXPECTED -- 3 Experimental Tests of General Relativity: Opportunities -- TESTS FOR "MAGNETIC" GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS -- Relativity Gyroscope Experiment -- Black-Hole Jets -- RANGING TO THE MOON AND INNER PLANETS -- Radar Ranging -- Ranging to Planetary Landers and Orbiters -- Lunar Laser Ranging -- MEASUREMENT OF SECOND-ORDER SOLAR-SYSTEM EFFECTS -- GRAVITATIONAL QUADRUPOLE MOMENT OF THE SUN -- SYSTEMS OF COMPACT STARS -- 4 Search for Gravitational Waves: Introduction -- THEORY -- SOURCES -- DETECTORS -- 5 Search for Gravitational Waves: Highlights -- BINARY PULSAR -- BAR DETECTORS -- INTERFEROMETRIC DETECTORS -- PULSAR TIMING AND MILLISECOND PULSARS -- SOURCES OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES-RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- 6 Search for Gravitational Waves: Opportunities -- LASER INTERFEROMETER DETECTOR WITH 5-KILOMETER BASELINE -- BAR DETECTOR SENSITIVITY AND BANDWIDTH. ; OBSERVATIONS WITH BAR DETECTORS -- PULSAR SEARCHES -- SPACECRAFT TRACKING -- SPACE INTERFEROMETERS -- EVENT RATES AND SOURCE CALCULATIONS -- COMPUTATION -- 7 Gravitation Theory: Introduction -- 8 Gravitation Theory: Highlights -- NEUTRON STARS -- GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE AND BLACK HOLES -- QUANTUM PARTICLE CREATION BY BLACK HOLES -- QUANTUM EFFECTS IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE -- ALTERNATIVE THEORIES -- EXACT SOLUTIONS OF THE EINSTEIN EQUATIONS -- ASYMPTOTIC PROPERTIES OF SPACE-TIME -- NUMERICAL RELATIVITY -- EMISSION OF GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION -- THE POSITIVE ENERGY THEOREM -- QUANTUM FIELD THEORY IN CURVED SPACE-TIME -- QUANTUM GRAVITY -- Supergravity -- Kaluza-Klein Theories -- 9 Gravitation Theory: Opportunities -- CLASSICAL GRAVITATION, SINGULARITIES, ASYMPTOTIC STRUCTURE -- QUANTUM GRAVITY -- ASTROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF NEUTRON STARS AND BLACK HOLES -- COMPUTATION -- NEW KINDS OF EXPERIMENTAL TESTS -- COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER SUBFIELDS: GRAVITATION EXPERIMENT, ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS, FIELD THEORY AND ELEMENTATY-PARTICLE… -- 10 Recommendations -- SPACE TECHNIQUES -- GROUND-BASED TECHNIQUES -- GRAVITATION THEORY -- III Cosmology -- 11 Introduction - The Standard Model -- 12 Highlights -- BIG-BANG NUCLEOSYNTHESIS -- LARGE-SCALE PROPERTIES OF THE UNIVERSE -- STRUCTURE IN THE UNIVERSE -- INVISIBLE MASS -- COSMOLOGY AND GRAND UNIFICATION -- THE INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE -- GRAVITATIONAL LENSES -- 13 Opportunities -- OBSERVATIONS FROM SPACE -- CONTINUED GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS -- PARTICLE PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY -- THEORY -- 14 Recommendations -- SPACE PROGRAM -- GROUND-BASED PROGRAM -- HUMAN AND COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES -- IV Cosmic Rays -- 15 Overview -- 16 Highlights -- NUCLEOSYNTHESIS -- Isotope Ratios -- Abundances of Heavy Elements -- Solar Neutrinos -- ACCELERATION -- Shock Acceleration -- Acceleration Fractionation. ; Termination of Acceleration Mechanism -- High-Energy Gamma Rays -- Anomalous Component -- GALACTIC COSMIC-RAY TRANSPORT AND THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM -- Energy Dependence of Escape from Galaxy -- Correlation Between Anisotropy and Energy -- Secondaries from Light Nuclei -- Propagation in Galactic Halo -- Connection with Gamma and Radio Astronomy -- HIGH-ENERGY NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS -- Nucleon Decay Experiments as Cosmic-Ray Detectors -- Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions -- Cross Sections, Spectra, Anisotropies, and Composition of Primary Cosmic Rays Above 1017 Electron Volts -- Magnetic Monopoles -- 17 Opportunities -- SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS -- Isotopes -- GALACTIC COSMIC-RAY ISOTOPES -- SOLAR-FLARE ISOTOPES -- Ultraheavy Elements -- High-Energy Composition and Spectra -- Positrons, Antiprotons, Deuterium, and 3He -- Antimatter -- Nucleus-Nucleus Interactions -- Solar Modulation of Cosmic Rays -- GROUND-BASED EXPERIMENTS -- Gamma-Ray Astronomy -- Air-Shower Detectors -- Neutrino Astronomy -- Magnetic Monopoles -- Nucleon Decay Detectors -- Solar Neutrinos -- Future Opportunities -- THEORY -- 18 Recommendations -- SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS -- Major New Programs -- Continuing Programs -- Studies for the Future -- GROUND-BASED EXPERIMENTS -- Gamma-Ray Astronomy -- HIGHEST-ENERGY COSMIC RAYS AND EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS -- High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy -- Magnetic Monopoles -- Large Underground Detectors -- Solar Neutrinos -- THEORY -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Gravitation, Cosmology, and Cosmic-Ray Physics
• ISBN: 9786610221912; 9781280221910; 1280221917; 9780309568074; 0309568072
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910953549803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Physics through the 1990s.