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1 online resource (xviii, 624 pages) |
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Fundamental theories of physics ; v. 162 |
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Fundamental theories of physics ; v. 162.
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| Contents |
The Higgs mechanism and the origin of mass / Abdelhak Djouadi -- Testing basic laws of gravitation : are our postulates on dynamics and gravitation supported by experimental evidence? / Claus Lämmerzahl -- Mass metrology and the international system of units (SI) / Richard S. Davis -- Mass and angular momentum in general relativity / José Luis Jaramillo and Eric Gourgoulhon -- Post-Newtonian theory and the two-body problem / Luc Blanchet -- Post-Newtonian methods : analytic results on the binary problem / Gerhard Schäfer -- The effective one-body description of the two-body problem / Thibault Damour and Alessandro Nagar -- Introduction to gravitational self-force / Robert M. Wald -- Derivation of gravitational self-force / Samuel E. Gralla and Robert M. Wald -- Elementary development of the gravitational self-force / Steven Detweiler -- Constructing the self-force / Eric Poisson -- Computational methods for the self-force in black hole spacetimes / Leor Barack -- Radiation reaction and energy-momentum conservation / Dmitri Gal'tsov -- The state of current self-force research / Lior M. Burko -- High-accuracy comparison between the post-Newtonian and self-force dynamics of black-hole binaries / Luc Blanchet [and others] -- LISA and capture sources / Oliver Jennrich -- Motion in alternative theories of gravity / Gilles Esposito-Farèse -- Mass, Inertia, and gravitation / Marc-Thierry Jaekel and Serge Reynaud -- Motion in quantum gravity/ Karim Noui -- Free fall and self-force : an historical perspective / Alessandro Spallicci |
| Summary |
From the infinitesimal scale of particle physics to the cosmic scale of the universe, research is concerned with the nature of mass. While there have been spectacular advances in physics during the past century, mass still remains a mysterious entity at the forefront of current research. Our current perspective on gravitation has arisen over millennia, through the contemplation of falling apples, lift thought experiments and notions of stars spiraling into black holes. In this volume, the world's leading scientists offer a multifaceted approach to mass by giving a concise and introductory pres |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
General relativity (Physics)
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Mass (Physics)
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Relativity.
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Physique.
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Astronomie.
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General relativity (Physics)
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Mass (Physics)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Blanchet, Luc
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Spallicci, Alessandro
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Whiting, Bernard
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| ISBN |
9789048130153 |
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9048130158 |
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9789048130146 |
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904813014X |
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