Gravitation and experiment

Author(s)

• Poincaré Seminar
• Damour, Thibault
• Duplantier, Bertrand
• Rivasseau, Vincent

Bibliographic Information

Gravitation and experiment

Thibault Damour, Bertrand Duplantier, Vincent Rivasseau, editors

（Progress in mathematical physics / editors-in-chief, Anne Boutet de Monvel, Gerald Kaiser, v. 52 . Poincaré Seminar ; 2006）

Birkhäuser, c2007

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book offers a detailed, pedagogical introduction to general relativity. It includes a review of what may lie beyond and collects up-to-date essays on the experimental tests of this theory, including the precise timing of the double pulsar J0737-3039. Coverage also details the recent results of the Gravity Probe B mission.

Table of Contents

General Relativity today.- Beyond Einstein's Gravity.- The Double Pulsar.- Testing Einstein in Space: The Gravity Probe B Relativity Mission.- Instruments for Gravitational Wave Astronomy on Ground and in Space.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA82904427
• ISBN:
  • 9783764385231
• Country Code: sz
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basel
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 138 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA52622244