Gravitational Collapse, Dissipation, and Gravitational Waves
Author : N. O. Santos
Publisher :
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 41,29 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Energy dissipation
ISBN :
Stellar Collapse
Author : Chris L. Fryer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 16,55 MB
Release : 2004-04-30
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781402019920
Book Description
Supernovae, hypernovae and gamma-ray bursts are among the most energetic explosions in the universe. The light from these outbursts is, for a brief time, comparable to billions of stars and can outshine the host galaxy within which the explosions reside. Most of the heavy elements in the universe are formed within these energetic explosions. Surprisingly enough, the collapse of massive stars is the primary source of not just one, but all three of these explosions. As all of these explosions arise from stellar collapse, to understand one requires an understanding of the others. Stellar Collapse marks the first book to combine discussions of all three phenomena, focusing on the similarities and differences between them. Designed for graduate students and scientists newly entering this field, this book provides a review not only of these explosions, but the detailed physical models used to explain them from the numerical techniques used to model neutrino transport and gamma-ray transport to the detailed nuclear physics behind the evolution of the collapse to the observations that have led to these three classes of explosions.
Nuclear Science Abstracts
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1212 pages
File Size : 25,42 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Nuclear energy
ISBN :
Book Description
The Renaissance of General Relativity in Context
Author : Alexander S. Blum
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 46,23 MB
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 3030507548
Book Description
This contributed volume explores the renaissance of general relativity after World War II, when it transformed from a marginal theory into a cornerstone of modern physics. Chapters explore key historical processes related to the theory of general relativity, in addition to presenting a thorough treatment of the relevant science behind these episodes. A broad historiographical framework is introduced first, thus providing the broad context in which the given computational approaches and case studies occurred. Written by an international and interdisciplinary group of expert authors, these chapters will bring readers to a more complete understanding of Einstein’s theory. Specific topics include: Social and citation networks The Fock-Infeld dispute Wheeler’s turn to gravitation theory The position of general relativity in theories of fundamental interactions The pursuit of a quantum theory of gravity The emergence of dark matter in relation to cosmological models Institutional frameworks for gravitational wave search in Europe The Renaissance of General Relativity in Context is ideal for historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science. Students and researchers in physics will also be interested in the topics explored.
Nuclear Science Abstracts
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 12,99 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Nuclear energy
ISBN :
Book Description
Gravitational Radiation, Luminous Black Holes and Gamma-Ray Burst Supernovae
Author : Maurice H. P. M. van Putten
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 18,41 MB
Release : 2005-12-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 1139446460
Book Description
Black holes and gravitational radiation are two of the most dramatic predictions of general relativity. The quest for rotating black holes - discovered by Roy P. Kerr as exact solutions to the Einstein equations - is one of the most exciting challenges facing physicists and astronomers. Gravitational Radiation, Luminous Black Holes and Gamma-Ray Burst Supernovae takes the reader through the theory of gravitational radiation and rotating black holes, and the phenomenology of GRB-supernovae. Topics covered include Kerr black holes and the frame-dragging of spacetime, luminous black holes, compact tori around black holes, and black-hole spin interactions. It concludes with a discussion of prospects for gravitational-wave detections of a long-duration burst in gravitational-waves as a method of choice for identifying Kerr black holes in the Universe. This book is ideal for a special topics graduate course on gravitational-wave astronomy and as an introduction to those interested in this contemporary development in physics.
The Physics of the Early Universe
Author : Eleftherios Papantonopoulos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,74 MB
Release : 2005-01-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540227120
Book Description
The Physics of the Early Universe is an edited and expanded version of the lectures given at a recent summer school of the same name. Its aim is to present an advanced multi-authored textbook that meets the needs of both postgraduate students and young researchers interested in, or already working on, problems in cosmology and general relativity, with emphasis on the early universe. A particularly strong feature of the present work is the constructive-critical approach to the present mainstream theories, the careful assessment of some alternative approaches, and the overall balance between theoretical and observational considerations. As such, this book will also benefit experienced scientists and nonspecialists from related areas of research.
Gravitation
Author : Charles W. Misner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 1332 pages
File Size : 23,20 MB
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 0691177791
Book Description
Spacetime physics -- Physics in flat spacetime -- The mathematics of curved spacetime -- Einstein's geometric theory of gravity -- Relativistic stars -- The universe -- Gravitational collapse and black holes -- Gravitational waves -- Experimental tests of general relativity -- Frontiers
Internal Gravity Waves
Author : Bruce R. Sutherland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 44,76 MB
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 1316184323
Book Description
The study of internal gravity waves provides many challenges: they move along interfaces as well as in fully three-dimensional space, at relatively fast temporal and small spatial scales, making them difficult to observe and resolve in weather and climate models. Solving the equations describing their evolution poses various mathematical challenges associated with singular boundary value problems and large amplitude dynamics. This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of the theory for small and large amplitude internal gravity waves. Over 120 schematics, numerical simulations and laboratory images illustrate the theory and mathematical techniques, and 130 exercises enable the reader to apply their understanding of the theory. This is an invaluable single resource for academic researchers and graduate students studying the motion of waves within the atmosphere and ocean, and also mathematicians, physicists and engineers interested in the properties of propagating, growing and breaking waves.
Numerical Relativity
Author : Masaru Shibata
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 48,61 MB
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9814699748
Book Description
This book is composed of two parts: First part describes basics in numerical relativity, that is, the formulations and methods for a solution of Einstein's equation and general relativistic matter field equations. This part will be helpful for beginners of numerical relativity who would like to understand the content of numerical relativity and its background. The second part focuses on the application of numerical relativity. A wide variety of scientific numerical results are introduced focusing in particular on the merger of binary neutron stars and black holes.
