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Gravitation, cosmology, and cosmic-ray physics / Panel on Gravitation, Cosmology, and Cosmic-Ray Physics, Physics Survey Committee, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Gravitation, Cosmology, and Cosmic-Ray Physics.
Series:
Physics through the 1990s.
Physics through the 1990s
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Gravitation.
Cosmology.
Cosmic rays.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (187 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1986.
Language Note:
English
Contents:
PHYSICS THROUGH THE 1990s
Copyright
Preface
Contents
I Summary of Principal Recommendations
RECOMMENDATIONS ON GRAVITATIONAL PHYSICS
Space Program in Gravitation
Ground-Based Studies in Gravitation
Gravitation Theory
RECOMMENDATIONS ON COSMOLOGY
Space Program in Cosmology
Ground-Based Studies in Cosmology
Growth in Cosmology Research
RECOMMENDATIONS ON COSMIC-RAY PHYSICS
Space Program in Cosmic Rays
Ground-Based Cosmic-Ray Studies
II Gravitation
1 Experimental Tests of General Relativity: Introduction
2 Experimental Tests of General Relativity: Highlights
EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE, EOTVOS TO LUNAR LASER RANGING
GRAVITATIONAL REDSHIFT, MÖSSBAUER TO ROCKETBORNE MASER
LIGHT DEFLECTION, ECLIPSES TO RADIO INTERFEROMETRY
SIGNAL RETARDATION, NEWEST AND MOST ACCURATE TEST
PERIHELION ADVANCE, EINSTEIN'S ONLY HANDLE
CHANGING GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT, SOLAR-SYSTEM TIME VERSUS ATOMIC TIME
LABORATORY TESTING OF GRAVITATION, SEARCHING FOR THE UNEXPECTED
3 Experimental Tests of General Relativity: Opportunities
TESTS FOR "MAGNETIC" GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS
Relativity Gyroscope Experiment
Black-Hole Jets
RANGING TO THE MOON AND INNER PLANETS
Radar Ranging
Ranging to Planetary Landers and Orbiters
Lunar Laser Ranging
MEASUREMENT OF SECOND-ORDER SOLAR-SYSTEM EFFECTS
GRAVITATIONAL QUADRUPOLE MOMENT OF THE SUN
SYSTEMS OF COMPACT STARS
4 Search for Gravitational Waves: Introduction
THEORY
SOURCES
DETECTORS
5 Search for Gravitational Waves: Highlights
BINARY PULSAR
BAR DETECTORS
INTERFEROMETRIC DETECTORS
PULSAR TIMING AND MILLISECOND PULSARS
SOURCES OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES-RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
6 Search for Gravitational Waves: Opportunities
LASER INTERFEROMETER DETECTOR WITH 5-KILOMETER BASELINE
BAR DETECTOR SENSITIVITY AND BANDWIDTH.
OBSERVATIONS WITH BAR DETECTORS
PULSAR SEARCHES
SPACECRAFT TRACKING
SPACE INTERFEROMETERS
EVENT RATES AND SOURCE CALCULATIONS
COMPUTATION
7 Gravitation Theory: Introduction
8 Gravitation Theory: Highlights
NEUTRON STARS
GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE AND BLACK HOLES
QUANTUM PARTICLE CREATION BY BLACK HOLES
QUANTUM EFFECTS IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE
ALTERNATIVE THEORIES
EXACT SOLUTIONS OF THE EINSTEIN EQUATIONS
ASYMPTOTIC PROPERTIES OF SPACE-TIME
NUMERICAL RELATIVITY
EMISSION OF GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION
THE POSITIVE ENERGY THEOREM
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY IN CURVED SPACE-TIME
QUANTUM GRAVITY
Supergravity
Kaluza-Klein Theories
9 Gravitation Theory: Opportunities
CLASSICAL GRAVITATION, SINGULARITIES, ASYMPTOTIC STRUCTURE
ASTROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF NEUTRON STARS AND BLACK HOLES
NEW KINDS OF EXPERIMENTAL TESTS
COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER SUBFIELDS: GRAVITATION EXPERIMENT, ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS, FIELD THEORY AND ELEMENTATY-PARTICLE…
10 Recommendations
SPACE TECHNIQUES
GROUND-BASED TECHNIQUES
GRAVITATION THEORY
III Cosmology
11 Introduction - The Standard Model
12 Highlights
BIG-BANG NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
LARGE-SCALE PROPERTIES OF THE UNIVERSE
STRUCTURE IN THE UNIVERSE
INVISIBLE MASS
COSMOLOGY AND GRAND UNIFICATION
THE INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE
GRAVITATIONAL LENSES
13 Opportunities
OBSERVATIONS FROM SPACE
CONTINUED GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
PARTICLE PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY
14 Recommendations
SPACE PROGRAM
GROUND-BASED PROGRAM
HUMAN AND COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES
IV Cosmic Rays
15 Overview
16 Highlights
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
Isotope Ratios
Abundances of Heavy Elements
Solar Neutrinos
ACCELERATION
Shock Acceleration
Acceleration Fractionation.
Termination of Acceleration Mechanism
High-Energy Gamma Rays
Anomalous Component
GALACTIC COSMIC-RAY TRANSPORT AND THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM
Energy Dependence of Escape from Galaxy
Correlation Between Anisotropy and Energy
Secondaries from Light Nuclei
Propagation in Galactic Halo
Connection with Gamma and Radio Astronomy
HIGH-ENERGY NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
Nucleon Decay Experiments as Cosmic-Ray Detectors
Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
Cross Sections, Spectra, Anisotropies, and Composition of Primary Cosmic Rays Above 1017 Electron Volts
Magnetic Monopoles
17 Opportunities
SPACEBORNE EXPERIMENTS
Isotopes
GALACTIC COSMIC-RAY ISOTOPES
SOLAR-FLARE ISOTOPES
Ultraheavy Elements
High-Energy Composition and Spectra
Positrons, Antiprotons, Deuterium, and 3He
Antimatter
Nucleus-Nucleus Interactions
Solar Modulation of Cosmic Rays
GROUND-BASED EXPERIMENTS
Gamma-Ray Astronomy
Air-Shower Detectors
Neutrino Astronomy
Nucleon Decay Detectors
Future Opportunities
18 Recommendations
Major New Programs
Continuing Programs
Studies for the Future
HIGHEST-ENERGY COSMIC RAYS AND EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS
High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy
Large Underground Detectors
Index.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9786610221912
9781280221910
1280221917
9780309568074
0309568072
OCLC:
326709809

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