Gravitation - Following the Prague Inspiration: A Volume in Celebration of the 60th Birthday of Jiri Bicak - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9812380930 ISBN 13: 9789812380937

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

This volume is dedicated to Jirí Bičák on the occasion of his 60th birthday. The authors are his former students who currently work in the fields of general relativity, astrophysics, theoretical physics and cosmology. Unlike in traditional Festschrifts with many short contributions, they present several comprehensive surveys and elaborate original works. The subjects range from the motion of stars in galactic nuclei to quantum mechanics on a boundary, and include current topics such as cosmological perturbations, effects of a repulsive cosmological constant, discs around black holes and gravitational waves. An unconventional introductory essay revives Prague's inspirations as personified by Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Christian Doppler, Ernst Mach, Albert Einstein and others.

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Review

All articles are clear and interesting to read. -- General Relativity and Gravitation

Synopsis

This is a festschrift celebrating the 60th birthday of Professor Jici Biak. The contributors are his former students who are working in the fields of general relativity, astrophysics, theoretical physics and cosmology. The articles present original results or survey those already published elsewhere. The subjects range from the motion of stars in galactic nuclei to quantum mechanics on a boundary, and include several hot topics of relativistic physics - cosmological perturbations, the repulsive cosmological constant, discs around black holes, and gravitational waves.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9812380930
• ISBN 13: 9789812380937
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 348
• Editor: Semerák O, Podolský J, Zofka M