Directions in General Relativity: Volume 1
Proceedings of the 1993 International Symposium, Maryland: Papers in Honor of Charles Misner

Proceedings of the International Symposium on General Relativity, University of Maryland, March 1993.

B. L. Hu (Edited by), M. P. Ryan, Jr (Edited by), C. V. Vishveshwara (Edited by)

9780521021395, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 October 2005

448 pages, 51 b/w illus. 5 tables
24.4 x 16.9 x 2.3 cm, 0.705 kg

"This volume will be invaluable to students and researchers in gravitational physics and related theoretical areas." Viqar Husain, Mathematical Reviews

These two volumes are the proceedings of a major International Symposium on General Relativity held at the University of Maryland 27 to 29 March 1993 to celebrate the sixtieth birthdays of Professor Charles Misner and Professor Dieter Brill. The volumes cover classical general relativity, quantum gravity and quantum cosmology, canonical formulation and the initial value problem, topology and geometry of spacetime and fields, mathematical and physical cosmology, and Black Hole physics and astrophysics. As invited articles, the papers in these volumes have an aim which goes beyond that of a standard conference proceedings. Not only do the authors discuss the most recent research results in their fields, but many also provide historical perspectives on how their subjects developed and offer individual insights in their search for new directions.

1. Remarks concerning the geometrics of gravity, gauge fields and quantum theory J. S. Anandan
2. Gravity and the unification of fundamental interactions R. L. Arnowitt and P. Nath
3. Minisuperspaces: symmetrics and quantization A. Ashtekar, R. S. Tate and C. Uggla
4. Quantum cosmology B. K. Berger
5. A pictorial history of some gravitational instanton D. Brill and K.- T. Pirk
6. No time machines from lightlike sources in 2+1 gravity S. Deser and A. R. Steif
7. Inhomogeneity and anisotropy genertation in FRW cosmologies G. F. R. Ellis and D. R. Matravers
8. Misner, kinks and Black Holes D. Finkelstein
9. The quantum mechanics of closed systems J. B. Hartle
10. Cosmological vacuum open system W. A. Hiscock and D. A. Samuel
11. Minisuperspace as a quantum open system B. L. Hu, J. P. Paz and S. Sinha
12. Ricci flow on minisuperspaces and the geometry-topology problem J. Isenberg and M. Jackson
13. Classical and quantum dynamics of Black Hole interiors W. Israel
14. Matter time in canonical quantum gravity K. V. Kuchar
15. The isotropy and homogeneity of the universe R. A. Matzner
16. Recent advances in ADM reduction V. Moncrief
17. Some progress in classical canonical gravity J. M. Nester
18. Harmonic map formulation of colliding electrovac place waves Y. Nutku
19. Geometry, the renormalization groups and gravity D. J. O'Connor and C. R. Stephens
20. An example of the indeterminacy of the already-unified theory R. Penrose
21. Nonstatic metric of Hiscock-Gott type A. K. Raychaudhuri
22. Non-standard phase space variables, quantization and path-integrals, or little ado about much M. P. Ryan, Jr. and Sergio Hojmann
23. The present status of the decaying neutrino theory D. W. Sciama
24. Exploiting the computer to investigate Black Holes and cosmic censorship S. L. Shapiro and S. A. Teukolsky
25. Misner space as a prototype for almost any pathology K. S. Thorne
26. Relativity and rotation C. V. Vishveshwara
27. The first law of Black Hole mechanics R. M. Wald
28. Gravitational radiation antenna observations J. Weber and G. Wilmot
29. The back-reaction is never negligible: entropy of Black Holes and radiation J. W. York, Jr.
30. Toward a thesis topic J. A. Wheeler.

Subject Areas: Relativity physics [PHR]