| Black Holes, Gravitational Radiation and the Universe: Essays in Honor of C.V. Vishveshwara 1999 Edition Contributor(s): Iyer, B. R. (Editor), Bhawal, B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0792353080 ISBN-13: 9780792353089 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1998 Annotation: This volume assesses research on black holes and gravitational radiation and their implications in understanding this mysterious universe. Thirty-two articles by experts of international standing weave separate threads into the majestic black hole tapestry and bring together a broad view of past achievements, current progress and future prospects. Pedagogic in nature, the volume is a tribute to C.V. Vishveshwara, whose pioneering contribution to studies of black holes is universally recognised. It leads the reader along the seemingly innocuous trail that began in the sixties, through today, to the future, and attempts to offer a grand panoramic view of black hole physics before the new millennium. Audience: This book will be of interest to research physicists and to mathematicians whose work involves relativity and gravitation, theoretical astrophysics, mathematical physics, active galactic nuclei, cosmology and data analysis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational - Science | Gravity - Science | Astronomy |
| Dewey: 523.887 |
| LCCN: 98031136 |
| Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.94" W x 9.1" (2.14 lbs) 570 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Our esteemed colleague C. V. Vishveshwara, popularly known as Vishu, turned sixty on 6th March 1998. His colleagues and well wishers felt that it would be appropriate to celebrate the occasion by bringing out a volume in his honour. Those of us who have had the good fortune to know Vishu, know that he is unique, in a class by himself. Having been given the privilege to be the volume's editors, we felt that we should attempt something different in this endeavour. Vishu is one of the well known relativists from India whose pioneer- ing contributions to the studies of black holes is universally recognised. He was a student of Charles Misner. His Ph. D. thesis on the stability of the Schwarzschild black hole, coordinate invariant characterisation of the sta- tionary limit and event horizon for Kerr black holes and subsequent seminal work on quasi-normal modes of black holes have passed on to become the starting points for detailed mathematical investigations on the nature of black holes. He later worked on other aspects related to black holes and compact objects. Many of these topics have matured over the last thirty years. New facets have also developed and become current areas of vigorous research interest. No longer are black holes, ultracompact objects or event horizons mere idealisations of mathematical physicists but concrete entities that astrophysicists detect, measure and look for. Astrophysical evidence is mounting up steadily for black holes. |