Current Trends in Relativistic Astrophysics: Theoretical, Numerical, Observational

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Leonardo Fernández-Jambrina, Luis Manuel González-Romero
Springer, Jan 11, 2008 - Science - 244 pages
The present volume contains the expanded lectures of a meeting on relativistic astrophysics, the goal of which was to provide a modern introduction to specific aspects of the field for young researchers, as well as for nonspecialists from related areas. Particular emphasis is placed on the theory of black holes and evolution, relativistic stars and jet hydrodynamics, as well as the production and detection of gravitational waves. The book is complemented by further contributions and animation supplied on the accompanying CD-ROM.
 

Contents

Francisco Javier Chinea Alfonso GarcıaParrado
1
Theory Evolution Accretion and Stability
15
Perturbations of Black Holes
50
Numerical and Perturbative Analysis
89
Numerical Relativistic Hydrodynamics
113
Flux Limiter Methods in 3D Numerical Relativity
130
Numerical Relativity with the Conformal Field Equations
159
Production and Detection
195
Structure of Conformal Lorentz Transformations
242
The Shortest Cut in Brane Cosmology
261
Weak Energy Condition Violation and Superluminal Travel
277
Factor Structure of Rational Vacuum Metrics
292
Lorentzian Comments on Stokes Parameters
306
Measurement of the Earth
330
Modifications of the EinsteinStraus Model
343
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The Detection of Gravitational Waves
210

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