On Einstein’s Path

Essays in Honor of Engelbert Schucking

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

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This collection of essays in honor of Engelbert Schucking spans the gamut of research in general relativity and presents a lively and personal account of current work in the field. Contributions include: E.L. Schucking: Jordan, Pauli, Politics, Brecht...and a Variable Gravitational Constant J.L. Anderson: Thomson Scattering in an Expanding Universe A. Ashtekar & T.A. Schilling: Geometrical Formulation of Quantum Mechanics J. Baugh, D.R. Finkelstein, H. Saller, and Zhong Tang: General Covariance is Bose-Einstein Statistics S.L. Bazanski: The Split and Propagation of Light Rays in Relativity L. Bel: How to Define a Unique Vacuum in Cosmology P.G. Bergmann: EIH Theory and Noether's Theorem W.B. Bonnor: The Static Cylinder in General Relativity C.H. Brahns: Gravity and the Tenacious Scalar Field D. Brill: The Cavendish Experiment in General Relativity Y. Choquet-Bruhat: Wave Maps in General Relativity T. Damour: General Relativty and Experiment J. Ehlers: Some Developments in Newtonian Cosmology G.F.R. Ellis & H. van Elst: Deviation of Geodesics in FLRW Spacetime Geometries S. Frittelli & E.T. Newman: Poincar Pseudo-symmetries in Asymptotically Flat Spacetimes E.N.Glass: Taub Numbers and Asymptotic Invariants J.N. Goldberg: Second Class Constraints F.W. Hehl, A. Macias, E.W. Mielke, & Yu.N. Obukhov: On the Structure of the Energy-momentum and the Spin Currents in Dirac's Electron

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Utgivningsdatum1998-12-21
Mått155 x 235 x 35 mm
Vikt973 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor517
Upplaga1999
FörlagSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN9780387985640

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1 Jordan, Pauli, Politics, Brecht … and a Variable Gravitational Constant.- 2 Thomson Scattering in an Expanding Universe.- 3 Geometrical Formulation of Quantum Mechanics.- 4 General Covariance is Bose-Einstein Statistics.- 5 The Split and Propagation of Light Rays in Relativity.- 6 How to Define a Unique Vacuum in Cosmology.- 7 ElH Theory and Noether’s Theorem.- 8 The Static Cylinder in General Relativity.- 9 Gravity and the Tenacious Scalar Field.- 10 The Cavendish Experiment in General Relativity.- 11 Wave Maps in General Relativity.- 12 General Relativity and Experiment.- 13 Some Developments in Newtonian Cosmology.- 14 Deviation of Geodesics in FLRW Spacetime Geometries.- 15 Poincaré Pseudosymmetries in Asymptotically Flat Spacetimes.- 16 Taub Numbers and Asymptotic Invariants.- 17 Second-Class Constraints.- 18 On the Structure of the Energy-Momentum and the Spin Currents in Dirac’s Electron Theory.- 19 The Physical Reality of the Quantum Wave Function.- 20 The Ultimate Extension of the Bianchi Classification for Rotating Dust Models.- 21 On the Classification of the Real Four-Dimensional Lie Algebras.- 22 Spinning Universes in Newtonian Cosmology.- 23 Relativistic Gravitational Fields with Close Newtonian Analogs.- 24 Working with Engelbert.- 25 Some Remarks on Twistor Theory.- 26 Critique of the Wheeler-DeWitt Equation.- 27 A New Version of the Heavenly Equation.- 28 A Plain Man’s Guide to Bivectors, Biquaternions, and the Algebra and Geometry of Lorentz Transformations.- 29 Leon Lichtenstein’s Work on Rotating Fluids.- 30 Decaying Neutrinos and the Flattening of the Galactic Halo.- 31 The Kasner Condition and Inhomogeneous Perfect Fluid Cosmologies.- 32 Gravitational Screening.- 33 On the Interpretation of the Einstein—Cartan Formalism.- 34 OnComplex Structures in Physics.- 35 The Engelbert Experience: Pathways from the Past.- 36 Curriculum Vita.