The Universe

Visions and Perspectives
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-7923-6210-4
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, Band 244, 346 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 711 g

Reihe: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

This volume contains a number of essays by experts in areas of theoretical physics and astrophysics including cosmology, classical and quantum gravity, string theory and relativistic astrophysics. It will provide the reader with excellent reviews of current research in these frontier areas. Several of the essays emphasise alternative views of the Universe by leading astronomers and physicists who are known for their pioneering contributions.

The volume is dedicated to Professor Jayant Narlikar, who has concerned himself with fundamental issues in cosmology and gravitation theory over a long and distinguished research career.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dadhich, Naresh

Kembhavi, Ajit

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Allgemeines
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Relativität, Gravitation
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Kosmologie, Urknalltheorie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. 1. Observations and Theory; H. Arp. 2. Ejection from Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies; H. Arp. 3. Quantum Mechanics of Geometry; A. Ashtekar. 4. Quantum Mechanics and Retrocausality; D. Atkinson. 5. Instantons for Black Hole Pair Production; P.M. Branoff, D.R. Brill. 6. The Origin of Helium and the Other Light Elements; G. Burbidge, F. Hoyle. 7. Superluminal Motion and Gravitational Lensing; S.M. Chitre. 8. Dual Spacetimes, Mach's Principle and Topological Defect; N. Dadhich. 9. Noncosmological Redshifts of Quasars; P.K. Das. 10. Extragalactic Fire-Works in Gamma-Rays; P.D. Gupta. 11. Instabilities in Optical Cavities of Laser Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors; S.V. Dhurandhar. 12. The Epistemology of Cosmology; G.F.R. Ellis. 13. Mathematics and Science; F. Hoyle. 14. Radiation Reaction in Electrodynamics and General Relativity; B.R. Iyer. 15. Gravitational Collapse: The Story so far; P.S. Joshi. 16. Thoughts on Galactic Magnetism; K. Subramanian. 17. The Black Hole in MCG 6-30-15; A. Kembhavi, R. Misra. 18. Inhomogeneous Cosmological Models and Symmetry; S.D. Maharaj. 19. The Black Hole Information Paradox: What Have we Learnt From String Theory? S.D. Mathur. 20. The Counting of Radio Sources: A Personal Perspective; J.V. Narlikar. 21. A Variational Principle for Time of Arrival of Null Geodesics; E.T. Newman, S. Frittelli. 22. Conceptual Issues in Combining General Relativity and Quantum Theory; T. Padmanabhan. 23. Open Inflation in Higher Derivative Theory; B.C. Paul, S. Mukherjee. 24. The Non-Homogeneous and Hierarchical Universe; J.-C. Pecker. 25. Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in General Spacetimes with Curvature and/or Torsion (U4); A.R. Prasanna, S. Mohanty. 26. A Fresh Look at the Singularity Problem; A.K. Raychaudhuri. 27. Probing Beyond the Cosmic Horizon; T. Souradeep. 28. The Kerr-Nut Metric Revisited; P.C. Vaidya, L.K. Patel. 29. Black Holes in Cosmological Backgrounds; C.V. Vishveshwara. 30. Elementary Particle Interactions and Noncommutative Geometry; K.C. Wali. 31. From Interstellar Grains to Panspermia; N.C. Wickramasinghe.