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The Measurement of Gravitomagnetism

Author : Lorenzo Iorio
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781600210020
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Measurement of Gravitomagnetism written by Lorenzo Iorio and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended to give an updated overview on the state-of-the art of the theoretical and experimental efforts aimed to detect the elusive Lense-Thirring effect in the gravitational field of the Earth. The reader, after a robust introduction to the historical (Chapter 2) and theoretical (Chapters 3-5) aspects of the subject, will get acquainted with the subtleties required to design suitable observables which are able to sufficiently enhance the signal-to-noise ratio. Moreover, he/she should be able to follow autonomously the exciting developments which, hopefully, will take place in the near future if and when reliable few percent tests of this prediction of general relativity should become available. In an Earth-space based experiment with artificial satellites a good compromise between the need of reducing the impact of the systematic errors of gravitational origin and of non-gravitational origin must be obtained; this is not an easy task because such requirements are often in conflict one with each other. Consequently, a great attention is paid to elucidate many classical perturbing effects which, if not carefully modelled and accounted for in the data analysis, may alias the recovery of the gravitomagnetic signature. Indeed, we are dealing with a fundamental test of general relativity which must be honest, robust and based on solid error analysis. A critical and detailed discussion of the latest test with the LAGEOS satellites is included. The book will also be useful for better understanding the interplay among various geodetic, geophysical, general relativistic, astronomical and matter-wave interferometric effects which occurs in the weak-field and slow-motion approximation and which will become increasingly important in the near future thanks to the improvements in the accuracy of the orbital reconstruction process.

Gravitomagnetism

Author : Dr Ronald A Evans
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1800469721
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Gravitomagnetism written by Dr Ronald A Evans and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gravity is the weakest of the natural forces and yet it dominates our lives. We know how to make use of its properties and how to overcome it. But we can’t control it. To do that we must be able to generate and control gravity’s hidden companion force field, called gravitomagnetism. Mass is the source of gravity fields.

Reference Frames and Gravitomagnetism

Author : J F Pascual-Sánchez
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814490962
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Book Synopsis Reference Frames and Gravitomagnetism by : J F Pascual-Sánchez

Download or read book Reference Frames and Gravitomagnetism written by J F Pascual-Sánchez and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2001-07-02 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an authoritative overview of the developments in gravitomagnetism which have taken place in the last few years. In particular, experiments for measuring the Lense-Thirring effect with satellites orbiting the Earth are reviewed, and an updated list of references on gravitomagnetism is included. The book also presents diverse research in general relativity and cosmology. It will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in cosmology, astrophysics, astronomy, relativity and applied mathematics. Contents:Spacetime Splitting Techniques and Gravitoelectromagnetism in General Relativity (D Bini & R T Jantzen)Black Hole Astrophysics: Gravitomagnetism and Non Keplerian Orbits (F de Felice)Gravitoelectromagnetism (B Mashhoon)Properties of Bel Currents (R Lazkoz et al.)On Cyclically Symmetrical Spacetimes (A Barnes)Scalar Field Cosmologies (J Carot & M M Collinge)Ideas Gas Stephani Universes (B Coll & J J Ferrando)Comments on Purely Electric Weyl Tensors (J J Ferrando & J A Sáez)Advance of Mercury Perihelion Explained by Cogravity (C J de Matos & M Tajmar)The Intrinsic Structure of the Petrov Classification (J M Pozo & J M Parra)and other papers Readership: Graduate students and researchers in physics, astronomy and applied mathematics. Keywords:

Gravity from the Ground Up

Author : Bernard Schutz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521455060
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Gravity from the Ground Up written by Bernard Schutz and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-12-04 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book invites the reader to understand our Universe, not just marvel at it. From the clock-like motions of the planets to the catastrophic collapse of a star into a black hole, gravity controls the Universe. Gravity is central to modern physics, helping to answer the deepest questions about the nature of time, the origin of the Universe and the unification of the forces of nature. Linking key experiments and observations through careful physical reasoning, the author builds the reader's insight step-by-step from simple but profound facts about gravity on Earth to the frontiers of research. Topics covered include the nature of stars and galaxies, the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, black holes, gravitational waves, inflation and the Big Bang. Suitable for general readers and for undergraduate courses, the treatment uses only high-school level mathematics, supplemented by optional computer programs, to explain the laws of physics governing gravity.

Gyros, Clocks, Interferometers...: Testing Relativistic Gravity in Space

Author : C. Lämmerzahl
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540409882
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Gyros, Clocks, Interferometers...: Testing Relativistic Gravity in Space written by C. Lämmerzahl and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many new tests of gravity and, in particular, of Einstein's general relativity theory will be carried out in the near future: The Lense--Thirring effect and the equivalence principle will be tested in space; moreover, gravitational waves will be detected, and new atomic interferometers and clocks will be built for measurements in gravitational and inertial fields. New high-precision devices have made these experiments feasible. They will contribute to a better understanding of gravitational physics. Both experimental developments and the theoretical concepts are collected in this volume. Exhaustive reviews give an overall insight into the subject of experimental gravitation.

2001, a Relativistic Spacetime Odyssey

Author : Ignazio Ciufolini
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789812380890
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis 2001, a Relativistic Spacetime Odyssey by : Ignazio Ciufolini

Download or read book 2001, a Relativistic Spacetime Odyssey written by Ignazio Ciufolini and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2003 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a comprehensive overview of our understanding of gravity at both the experimental and the theoretical level. Critical reviews by experts cover topics ranging from astrophysics (anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background, gamma ray bursts, neutron stars and astroparticles), cosmology, the status of gravitational wave sources and detectors, verification of Newton's law at short distances, the equivalence principle, gravito-magnetism, measurement theory, time machines and the foundations of Einstein's theory, to string theory and loop quantum gravity.

Nonlinear Gravitodynamics

Author : Remo Ruffini
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789812564818
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Nonlinear Gravitodynamics written by Remo Ruffini and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2003 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives a detailed, up-to-date account of theLenseOCoThirring effect and its implications for physics andastrophysics. Starting from a profound intuition of Lense and Thirringin 1918, based on a simple solution to the linearized Einstein fieldequations, this has emerged in the past four decades as a phenomenonof extraordinary importance in cosmology, radio jets in quasars, andthe physics of neutron stars and black holes, besides leading to someof the most sophisticated experiments ever performed in the spacesurrounding our planet."

Greenglow

Author : Ronald Evans
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784620238
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book Greenglow written by Ronald Evans and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes an exciting, but unfinished scientific adventure story. It tells of the epic struggle by scientists to wrest the secrets from nature of how to control the force of electromagnetism and how to control aerodynamic forces. Control of the force of gravity has yet to be achieved. Analogies suggest where a breakthrough might be made. Greenglow & the search for gravity control follows the attempts mankind has made over the years to understand gravity as well as looking at more recent experiments to control it. The book is written by an engineer, who worked in the aerospace industry, and who persuaded BAE Systems to sponsor Project Greenglow, a small research programme aimed at investigating some ideas for controlling gravity. Based on analogies in nature, the book provides a road map for scientists, engineers and the general public who want to know more about gravity and our search to control it. Discovering nature’s secrets is an exciting, but unfinished story – there is much we still don’t know. The book describes the quest by scientists to gain control of gravity and electromagnetism, the two long-range forces of nature. Faraday discovered the secret of electromagnetic control. Newton began the search for gravity control, later continued by Einstein, but it eluded them. One day the secret will be discovered either by careful experimentation or, as is often the case, by stumbling across it by chance. In the future it is expected that gravity control will underpin a new method of propulsion and this book concludes with a look at some possible forms. Greenglow is a fascinating read for any aerospace engineers, physicists, experimental research scientists, science journalists, science historians, futurologists, UFO enthusiasts, Star Trekkies and general public interested in the breakthrough in understanding of how to control gravity.

Gravitation and Inertia

Author : Ignazio Ciufolini
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691190194
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Gravitation and Inertia written by Ignazio Ciufolini and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Einstein's standard and battle-tested geometric theory of gravity--spacetime tells mass how to move and mass tells spacetime how to curve--is expounded in this book by Ignazio Ciufolini and John Wheeler. They give special attention to the theory's observational checks and to two of its consequences: the predicted existence of gravitomagnetism and the origin of inertia (local inertial frames) in Einstein's general relativity: inertia here arises from mass there. The authors explain the modern understanding of the link between gravitation and inertia in Einstein's theory, from the origin of inertia in some cosmological models of the universe, to the interpretation of the initial value formulation of Einstein's standard geometrodynamics; and from the devices and the methods used to determine the local inertial frames of reference, to the experiments used to detect and measure the "dragging of inertial frames of reference." In this book, Ciufolini and Wheeler emphasize present, past, and proposed tests of gravitational interaction, metric theories, and general relativity. They describe the numerous confirmations of the foundations of geometrodynamics and some proposed experiments, including space missions, to test some of its fundamental predictions--in particular gravitomagnetic field or "dragging of inertial frames" and gravitational waves.

2001: A Relativistic Spacetime Odyssey

Author : Ignazio Ciufolini
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814487988
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Book Synopsis 2001: A Relativistic Spacetime Odyssey by : Ignazio Ciufolini

Download or read book 2001: A Relativistic Spacetime Odyssey written by Ignazio Ciufolini and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2003-01-16 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a comprehensive overview of our understanding of gravity at both the experimental and the theoretical level. Critical reviews by experts cover topics ranging from astrophysics (anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background, gamma ray bursts, neutron stars and astroparticles), cosmology, the status of gravitational wave sources and detectors, verification of Newton's law at short distances, the equivalence principle, gravito-magnetism, measurement theory, time machines and the foundations of Einstein's theory, to string theory and loop quantum gravity. Contents:Foundations and Classical General Relativity:Space–Time, General Covariance, Dirac–Bergmann Observables and Non-Inertial Frames (L Lusanna)Physics in the Presence of a Time Machine (I D Novikov)Frame-Dragging and Gravitomagnetism: Theory and Experiment (I Ciufolini)New Tests of the Strong Equivalence Principle and of the Inverse Square Law (E G Adelberger)Cosmology:The Inflationary Universe (A Riotto)Imaging the Early Universe with the BOOMERANG Experiment (P De Bernardis et al.)Gravitational Waves:Gravitational Radiation: A Tool for Testing General Relativity (C M Will)What Gravitational Signals Say about the Structure and the Evolution of Astrophysical Sources (V Ferrari)Astrophysics:Computational Relativity: Collisions of Black Holes (R Matzner)Gamma Ray Bursts: Some Facts and Ideas (G Ghisellini)Quantum Gravity:Spin Foams as Feynman Diagrams (M Reisenberger & C Rovelli)Physics with Large Extra Dimensions (I Antoniadis)Field Theories on Canonical and Lie-Algebra Noncommutative Spacetimes (G Amelino-Camelia et al.)and other papers Readership: Quantum, astro-, high-energy and theoretical physicists. Keywords:

Relativity and Gravitation

Author : Jiří Bičák
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319067613
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Relativity and Gravitation written by Jiří Bičák and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early April 1911 Albert Einstein arrived in Prague to become full professor of theoretical physics at the German part of Charles University. It was there, for the first time, that he concentrated primarily on the problem of gravitation. Before he left Prague in July 1912 he had submitted the paper “Relativität und Gravitation: Erwiderung auf eine Bemerkung von M. Abraham” in which he remarkably anticipated what a future theory of gravity should look like. At the occasion of the Einstein-in-Prague centenary an international meeting was organized under a title inspired by Einstein's last paper from the Prague period: "Relativity and Gravitation, 100 Years after Einstein in Prague". The main topics of the conference included: classical relativity, numerical relativity, relativistic astrophysics and cosmology, quantum gravity, experimental aspects of gravitation and conceptual and historical issues. The conference attracted over 200 scientists from 31 countries, among them a number of leading experts in the field of general relativity and its applications. This volume includes abstracts of the plenary talks and full texts of contributed talks and articles based on the posters presented at the conference. These describe primarily original results of the authors. Full texts of the plenary talks are included in the volume "General Relativity, Cosmology and Astrophysics--Perspectives 100 Years after Einstein in Prague", eds. J. Bičák and T. Ledvinka, published also by Springer Verlag.

Mach's Principle

Author : Julian B. Barbour
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780817638238
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book Mach's Principle written by Julian B. Barbour and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1995-08-11 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of scholarly articles on the Mach Principle, the impact that this theory has had since the end of the 19th century, and its role in helping Einstein formulate the doctrine of general relativity. 20th-century physics is concerned with the concepts of time, space, motion, inertia and gravity. The documentation on all of these makes this book a reference for those who are interested in the history of science and the theory of general relativity

Einstein's Space-Time

Author : Rafael Ferraro
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387699473
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Einstein's Space-Time written by Rafael Ferraro and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-09-23 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This excellent textbook offers a unique take on relativity theory, setting it in its historical context. Ideal for those interested in relativity and the history of physics, the book contains a complete account of special relativity that begins with the historical analysis of the reasons that led to a change in our view of space and time. Its aim is to foster a deep understanding of relativistic spacetime and its consequences for Dynamics.

Towards New Milestones in Our Quest to Go Beyond the Standard Model

Author : Antonino Zichichi
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9812779124
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (127 download)

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Book Synopsis Towards New Milestones in Our Quest to Go Beyond the Standard Model by : Antonino Zichichi

Download or read book Towards New Milestones in Our Quest to Go Beyond the Standard Model written by Antonino Zichichi and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2007 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of lectures given by distinguished physicists from around the world, covering the most recent advances in theoretical physics and the latest results from current experimental facilities. Following one of the principal aims of the School OCo to encourage and promote young physicists to achieve recognition at an international level OCo the students who distinguished themselves for the excellence of their research were given the opportunity to publish their presentations in this volume. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Experimental Signatures of Strings and Branes (2,702 KB). Contents: Experimental Signatures of Strings and Branes (I Antoniadis); Updates in Local Supersymmetry and Its Spontaneous Breaking (S Ferrara); Experimental Status of QCD Glueballs (S J Lindenbaum); Highlights: Update from BaBar (M A Giorgi); The LHC Supercollider (L Rossi); Gauge Charges from Supergravity (L Andrianopoli); Nucleon Form Factors and Dispersion Relations (S Pacetti); Semiotic Dynamics in Online Social Communities (C Cattuto); Searches for New Physics in Photon Final States (A Loginov); and other papers. Readership: High-energy, experimental and theoretical physicists, undergraduate and graduate students.

New Relativity in the Gravitational Universe

Author : C. S. Unnikrishnan
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031089359
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Book Synopsis New Relativity in the Gravitational Universe by : C. S. Unnikrishnan

Download or read book New Relativity in the Gravitational Universe written by C. S. Unnikrishnan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-11-04 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our vast Universe is filled with an enormous amount of matter and energy, which are the source of large gravitational potentials affecting all physical phenomena. Because this fact about the size and contents of the Universe was not known when our fundamental theories of dynamics and relativity were completed by the 1920s, the current theories - based as they are in empty space - fail to incorporate cosmic gravity. Though the current theories are consistent with the majority of empirical facts, there are some crucial discrepancies, which demand a drastic shift to a cosmic gravitational paradigm for the theories of relativity and dynamics. The book is a detailed and widely accessible account of this paradigm, called Cosmic Relativity, supported by ample empirical evidence. It is established that all motional relativistic effects are cosmic gravitational effects. The new theory of Cosmic Relativity solves and answers all outstanding questions and puzzles about dynamics and relativity.

Sixteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting, The: On Recent Developments In Theoretical And Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics, And Relativistic Field Theories - Proceedings Of The Mg16 Meeting On General Relativity (In 4 Volumes)

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Author : Remo Ruffini
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811269785
Total Pages : 4880 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Sixteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting, The: On Recent Developments In Theoretical And Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics, And Relativistic Field Theories - Proceedings Of The Mg16 Meeting On General Relativity (In 4 Volumes) written by Remo Ruffini and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2022-12-15 with total page 4880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proceedings of MG16 give a broad view of all aspects of gravitational physics and astrophysics, from mathematical issues to recent observations and experiments. The scientific program of the meeting included 46 plenary presentations, 3 public lectures, 5 round tables and 81 parallel sessions arranged during the intense six-day online meeting. All talks were recorded and are available on the ICRANet YouTube channel at the following link: www.icranet.org/video_mg16.These proceedings are a representative sample of the very many contributions made at the meeting. They contain 383 papers, among which 14 come from the plenary sessions.The material represented in these proceedings cover the following topics: accretion, active galactic nuclei, alternative theories of gravity, black holes (theory, observations and experiments), binaries, boson stars, cosmic microwave background, cosmic strings, dark energy and large scale structure, dark matter, education, exact solutions, early universe, fundamental interactions and stellar evolution, fast transients, gravitational waves, high energy physics, history of relativity, neutron stars, precision tests, quantum gravity, strong fields, and white dwarf; all of them represented by a large number of contributions.The online e-proceedings are published in an open access format.

Eighth Marcel Grossmann Meeting, The: On Recent Developments In Theoretical And Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation, And Relativistic Field Theories - Proceedings Of The Meeting (In 2 Parts)

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Author : Tsvi Piran
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814543918
Total Pages : 1776 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)

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Download or read book Eighth Marcel Grossmann Meeting, The: On Recent Developments In Theoretical And Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation, And Relativistic Field Theories - Proceedings Of The Meeting (In 2 Parts) written by Tsvi Piran and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1999-05-14 with total page 1776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1975, the Marcel Grossmann Meetings have been organized to provide opportunities for discussing recent advances in gravitation, general relativity and relativistic field theories, emphasizing mathematical foundations, physical predictions and experimental tests. The objective of these meetings is to facilitate exchange among scientists that may deepen our understanding of space-time structures and to review the status of ongoing experiments aimed at testing Einstein's theory of gravitation from either the ground or space.The Eighth Marcel Grossmann Meeting took place on 22-27 June, 1997, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. The scientific program included 25 plenary talks and 40 parallel sessions during which 400 papers were presented. The papers that appear in this book cover all aspects of gravitation, from mathematical issues to recent observations and experiments.