Directions in General Relativity: Volume 2
Proceedings of the 1993 International Symposium, Maryland: Papers in Honor of Dieter Brill

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

B. L. Hu (Edited by), T. A. Jacobson (Edited by)

9780521021401, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 November 1956

392 pages, 1 b/w illus.
24.4 x 16.9 x 2.1 cm, 0.625 kg

'In my opinion, this book should be in any scientific library and will be essential reading for professional gravitational physicists and students in these and related fields.' Journal of the Pancreas

These two volumes are the proceedings of a major International Symposium on General Relativity held at the University of Maryland in 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 the subjects have developed and offer individual insights in their search for new directions.

Preface
Dieter Brill: a spacetime perspective
1. Thawing the frozen formalism: the difference between observables and what we observe A. Anderson
2. Jacobi's action and the density of states J. D. Brown and J. W. York
3. Decoherence of correlation histories E. Calzetta and B. L. Hu
4. The initial value problem in light of Ashtekar's variables R. Capovilla, J. Dell and T. Jacobson
5. Status report on an axiomatic basis for functional integration P. Cartier and C. DeWitt-Morette
6. Solution of the coupled Einstein constraints on asymptotically Euclidean manifolds Y. Choquet-Bruhat
7. Compact Cauchy horizons and Cauchy surfaces P. Chrusciel and J. Isenberg
8. The classical electron J. M. Cohen and E. Mustafa
9. Gauge (in)variance, mass and parity in D=3 revisited S. Deser
10. Triality, exceptional Lie groups and Dirac operators F. Flaherty
11. The reduction of the state vector and limitations on measurement in the quantum mechanics of closed systems J. B. Hartle
12 Quantum linearization instabilities of de Sitter spacetime A. Higuchi
13. What is the true description of charged black holes? G. T. Horowitz
14. Limits on the adiabatic index in static stellar models L. Lindblom and A. K. M. Masood-ul-Alam
15. On the relativity of rotation B. Mashhoon
16. Recent progress and open problems in linearization stability V. E. Moncrief
17. Brill waves N. Ó Murchadha
18. You can't get there from here: constraints on topology change K. Schleich and D. M. Witt
19. Time, measurement and information loss in quantum cosmology L. Smolin
20. Impossible measurements on quantum fields R. Sorkin
21. A new condition implying the existence of a constant mean curvature foliation F. J. Tipler
22. Maximal slices in stationary spacetimes with ergoregions R. M. Wald
23. (1 + 1) - Dimensional methods for general relativity J. H. Yoon
24. Coalescence of primal gravity waves to make cosmological mass without matter D. E. Holz, W. A. Miller, M. Wakano and J. A. Wheeler.

Subject Areas: Relativity physics [PHR]