Gravitation from the Hubble length to the Planck length 1st Edition by Ciufolini, Coccia, Gorini, Vittorio, Peron ISBN 9780750309486 0750309486

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ISBN 10: 0750309486 

ISBN 13:  9780750309486  

Author:   I. Ciufolini, E. Coccia, V. Gorini, N. Vittorio, R. Peron

Although gravity is the dominant force of nature at large distances (from intermediate scales to the Hubble length), it is the weakest of forces in particle physics, though it is believed to become important again at very short scales (the Planck length). The conditions created in particle accelerators are similar to those at the time of the early universe. While particle physics offers insight to early universe physics, there is a need to understand gravity at extremes of large and short distances to further understand cosmology and the development of the universe. Gravitation: From the Hubble Length to the Planck Length fulfills this need by providing an overview of relativistic astrophysics, early universe physics, cosmology, and their interface with particle physics.

Written by international experts, this reference presents up-to-date information on classical relativity, astrophysics, and theoretical and experimental particle physics. The introduction sets the scene and provides a context for the remaining chapters. Chapters cover an extensive array of topics, from refined experimental techniques in gravitational physics to cosmology and the quantum frontier. The book concludes with a discussion of the connection among particles, fields, strings, and branes.

This compilation shows how gravity plays a fundamental role in astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology by exploring domains from the microscopic, such as black holes, to superclusters of galaxies that form the large-scale texture of the present-day cosmos. Moreover, with its theoretical and experimental focus on the foundations of gravity, Gravitation proves to be an invaluable resource for current and future research.

Table of contents: 

1. Preface

2. Introduction

3. Gravitation in the Solar System and Beyond

4. Cosmological Issues

5. The Other Side: Gravitation in the Quantum Regime

6. Gravitation as a Universal Phenomenon

7. Probing Spacetime in the Solar System

   1. Introduction

   2. Distance

   3. Angle

   4. Frequency

8. Frame-Dragging and Its Measurement

   1. Some Historical Background on the Measurement of Gravitomagnetism and the Gravitational Field inside a Rotating Shell

   2. Frame Dragging, the Weak-Field and Slow-Motion Analogy: An Invariant Characterization of Gravitomagnetism

   3. Gravitomagnetic Phenomena on Test Gyroscopes, Test Particles, Clocks, and Photons

   4. Time-Delay Due to Spin of a Central Body and inside a Rotating Shell

   5. Measurement of Gravitomagnetism with Laser-Ranged Satellites

9. The Special Relativistic Equivalence Principle: Gravity Theory’s Foundation

   1. Introduction

   2. Gravitomagnetic Precession Due to Moving Gravity Source

   3. Geodetic Precession Due to Motion through Gravity

   4. General Consideration of the Observables

   5. Requirements for Equivalent Predictions in Gravity

   6. Periastron Precession

   7. Summary

10. Lunar Laser Ranging – A Comprehensive Probe of Post-Newtonian Gravity

    1. Introduction

    2. Dynamical Equations for Bodies, Light, and Clocks

    3. LLR’s Key Science-Related Range Signals

    4. An Additional Yukawa Interaction?

    5. Gravitomagnetism

    6. Inductive Inertial Forces

11. The Early Universe and the Cosmic Microwave Background

    1. Introduction

    2. The Standard Cosmological Model

    3. The Cosmic Microwave Background

    4. Past, Present and Future of CMB Observation

    5. Conclusions

12. Strings, Gravity, and Particle Physics

    1. Introduction

    2. From Particles to Fields

    3. From Fields to Strings

    4. From Strings to Branes

    5. Some Applications

13. Index

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