Relativistic Gravity Research

Relativistic effects become increasingly important in observational astrophysics. This book covers this topic in the form of a collection of readable articles. The reader will find papers on gravitational lensing, the relativistic n-body problem, gravitational waves, interferometry and lunar laser-ranging measurements etc.

Klappentext

17 readable articles give a thorough and self-contained overview of recent developments in relativistic gravity research. The subjects covered are: gravitational lensing, the general relativistic n-body problem, observable effects in the solar system, gravitational waves and their interferometric detection, very-long-baseline interferometry, international atomic time, lunar laser- ranging measurements, measurement ofthe gravitomagnetic field of the Earth, fermion and boson stars and black holes with hair, rapidly rotating neutron stars, matter wave interferometry, and the laboratory test of Newton's law of gravity.Any scientist interested in experimentally or observatio- nally oriented relativistic gravity will read the book with profit. In addition, it is perfectly suited as a complementary text for courses on general relativity and relativistic astrophysics.

Inhalt
Gravitational lensing.- The general relativistic N-body problem.- Observable relativistic effects in the solar system.- New results for relativistic parameters from the analysis of llr measurements.- Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry in astro-, geo-, and gravitational physics.- A gradiometer experiment to detect the gravitomagnetic field of the earth.- The international atomic time and the PTB's clocks.- Gravity-wave astrophysics.- The GEOproject a long-baseline laser interferometer for the detection of gravitational waves.- The optics of an interferometric gravitational-wave antenna.- Mechanical aspects in interferometric gravity wave detectors.- Fermion and Boson stars.- Black holes with hair.- Gravitational fields of rapidly rotating neutron stars: Theoretical foundation.- Gravitational fields of rapidly rotating neutron stars: Numerical results.- A new laboratory experiment for testing Newton's gravitational law.- Matter wave interferometry and why quantum objects are fundamental for establishing a gravitational theory.