Centennial Of General Relativity A Celebration

It has been over 100 years since the presentation of the Theory of General Relativity by Albert Einstein, in its final formulation, to the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences. To celebrate 100 years of general relativity, World Scientific publishes this volume with a dual goal: to assess the current status of the field of general relativity in broad terms, and discuss future directions. The volume thus consists of broad overviews summarizing major developments over the past decades and their perspective contributions.

Explore spectacular advances in contemporary physics with this unique celebration of the centennial of Einstein's discovery of general relativity.

Generalising Newton's law of gravitation, general relativity is one of the pillars of modern physics. While applications in the beginning were restricted to isolated effects such as a proper understanding of Mercury's orbit, the second half of the twentieth century saw a massive development of applications. These include cosmology, gravitational waves, and even very practical results for satellite based positioning systems as well as different approaches to unite general relativity with another very successful branch of physics – quantum theory. On the occassion of general relativity's centennial, leading scientists in the different branches of gravitational research review the history and recent advances in the main fields of applications of the theory, which was referred to by Lev Landau as “the most beautiful of the existing physical theories”. Contributions from: Andy C. Fabian, AnthonyL. Lasenby, Astrophysical black Holes Neil Ashby, GNSS and other applications of General Relativity Gene Byrd, Arthur Chernin, Pekka Teerikorpi, Mauri Vaaltonen,Observations of general Relativity at strong and weaks limits Ignazio Ciufolini, General Relativity and dragging of inertial frames Carlo Rovelli, The strange world of quantum spacetime

Writing for the general reader or student, Wald has completely revised and updated this highly regarded work to include recent developments in black hole physics and cosmology. Nature called the first edition "a very readable and accurate account of modern relativity physics for the layman within the unavoidable constraint of almost no mathematics. . . . A well written, entertaining and authoritative book."

' This authoritative volume provides a snapshot of the state of the art in gravitational physics and related mathematical fields, as well as a review of recent achievements and prospects for future work. With contributing authors among the world leaders in their respective fields, this proceedings volume is a worthy addition to this conference series, which constitutes one of the most important international meetings in the areas general relativity and gravitation. Contents:Towards Detection of Gravitation Waves (B C Barish)Black Holes and The Information Paradox (S Hawking)Probing General Relativity on the Scales of Cosmology (P J E Peebles)Cosmic Superstrings Revisited (J Polchinski)Black Holes in Active Galactic Nuclei (M Rees)Complex Methods, Twistors, and Connection Variables (J Lewandowski)Early Universe (M Sasaki)Dark Energy and The Cosmological Constant (V Sahni)Gravitational Wave Sources: Source Science and Statistical Methods (A Buonanno)Detector Performance, Operation, and Commissioning (E Coccia)Laboratory and Observational Tests of Gravitational Theories (J H Gundlach)Quantum Field Theory on Curved Spacetime (K Fredenhagen)and other papers Readership: Researchers and academics in astrophysics, astronomy, cosmology, quantum physics, theoretical physics and mathematical physics. Keywords:Gravitation;General Relativity;Cosmology;Quantum Gravity;Numerical Relativity;Astrophysics;String TheoryKey Features:Includes the latest developments in all areas of gravitational physicsContributions by world-leading researchers in the fieldContinues the high standard of the general relativity conference proceedings seriesReviews: “… this volume provides a nice summary of a considerable portion of general relativity just after the turn of the century … It contains some thought-provoking articles as well as some useful, thoughtful reviews.” General Relativity and Gravitation '

Outgrowth of 6th Int'l Conference on the History of General Relativity, held in Amsterdam on June 26-29, 2002 Contributions from notable experts offer both new and historical insights on gravitation, general relativity, cosmology, unified field theory, and the history of science Topics run gamet from detailed mathematical discussions to more personal recollections of relativity as seen through the eyes of the public and renowned relativists

Walter Greiner (1935-2016) was a German physicist of the Goethe University, Frankfurt, well-known for his many contributions in scientific research and developments, in particular the field of nuclear physics. He was a well-respected science leader and a teacher who had supervised batches of young collaborators and students, many of whom are now leaders in both academics and industry worldwide. Greiner had a wide interest of science which covered atomic physics, heavy-ion physics, and nuclear astrophysics. Greiner co-founded GSI, the Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, and the multi-disciplinary research center, FIAS (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies). Besides numerous professorship with universities worldwide, including the University of Maryland, Greiner received many prestigious prizes in honor of his outstanding contributions, among others are the Otto Hahn Prize and the Max Born Prize. This memorial volume is a special tribute by Greiner's former colleagues, students, and friends honoring his contributions and passion in science. The volume begins with a writing by Greiner about his early days in science. The subsequent articles, comprising personal and scientific reminiscences of Walter Greiner, serve as timely reviews on various topics of current interest. Contents: Preface Reflections on My Youth and Early Years in Science (Walter Greiner) The Early Work of Walter Greiner (1960-1968) (Şerban Mişicu) Photon Scattering off Nuclei (Hartmuth Arenhövel) The QCD Phase Diagram from Statistical Model Analysis (Marcus Bleicher, Jan Steinheimer and Reinhard Stock) Why May Hydrodynamics Work for Classical Radiation Field? (Tamás S Biró) Chiral Symmetry Restoration and Deconfinement in Heavy-Ion Collisions (E L Bratkovskaya, W Cassing, P Moreau and A Palmese) The Physics Case for the √SNN ≈ 10 GeV Energy Region (J Cleymans) Untangling Simple Patterns in Intricate Atomic Nuclei (Jerry P Draayer, Kristina D Launey, Tomás Dytrych, Alison C Dreyfuss, Grigor H Sargsyan and Robert B Baker) Can One Determine the Neutrino Mass by Electron Capture? (Amand Faessler) Open and Hidden Charm in My Collaboration with Walter Greiner (Mark I Gorenstein) Dark Mater Compact Stars in Pseudo-Complex General Relativity (D Hadjimichef, G L Volkmer, R O Gomes and C A Zen Vasconcellos) Some Aspects of Nuclear Structure (J H Hamilton, A V Ramayya and E H Wang) The Power of the Geometrical Model of the Nucleus (Peter O Hess) Pseudo-Complex General Relativity: Theory (Peter O Hess and Thomas Boller) Observational Tests of the Pseudo-Complex Theory with Black Hole Imaging (Thomas Boller and Peter O Hess) From Strangeness Enhancement to Quark-Gluon Plasma Discovery (Peter Koch, Berndt Müller and Johann Rafelski) Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory as a Basis for Combined Many-Body-Perturbation and QED (Ingvar Lindgren) The Fullerene-Like Structure of Superheavy Element Z = 120 (Greinerium) -- A Tribute to Walter Greiner (Ş Mişicu and I N Mishustin) Cluster Radioactivity -- Past and Future (D N Poenaru and R A Gherghescu) Nuclear Mean-Field Models and Super-Heavy Elements (P-G Reinhard) The Octupole Collective Hamiltonian. Does It Follow the Example of the Quadrupole Case? (Stanislaw G Rohozinski and Leszek Próchniak) Modeling Hybrid Stars (S Schramm) Elliptic Flow and the Nuclear Equation of State (W Trautmann and H H Wolter) Black Holes and High Energy Physics: From Astrophysics to Lar