Gravitation and Experiment

This book starts with a detailed introduction to general relativity by world expert T. Damour. It includes a review of what may lie beyond by string theorist I. Antoniadis, and collects up-to-date essays on the experimental tests of this theory. Contrary to some beliefs, general relativity is now a theory extremely well confirmed by detailed experiments, including the precise timing of the double pulsar J0737-3039 explained by M. Kramer, member of the team which discovered it in 2003, and satellite missions such as Gravity Probe B described by leading team member J. Mester. The search for detecting gravitational waves is also very much under way as reviewed by J.-Y. Vinet.

Foreword	p. ix
General Relativity Today	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Special Relativity	p. 2
The Principle of Equivalence	p. 5
Gravitation and Space-Time Chrono-Geometry	p. 6
Einstein's Equations: Elastic Space-Time	p. 8
The Weak-Field Limit and the Newtonian Limit	p. 11
The Post-Newtonian Approximation and Experimental Confirmations in the Regime of Weak and Quasi-Stationary Gravitational Fields	p. 14
Strong Gravitational Fields and Black Holes	p. 17
Binary Pulsars and Experimental Confirmations in the Regime of Strong and Radiating Gravitational Fields	p. 21
Gravitational Waves: Propagation, Generation, and Detection	p. 27
General Relativity and Quantum Theory: From Supergravity to String Theory	p. 31
Conclusion	p. 46
References	p. 47
Beyond Einstein's Gravity	p. 51
Introduction	p. 51
Framework	p. 53
Experimental implications in accelerators	p. 55
Supersymmetry in the bulk and short range forces	p. 57
Non-compact extra dimensions and localized gravity	p. 59
Warped spaces	p. 60
The induced gravity model	p. 61
String theory realization	p. 63
References	p. 65
The Double Pulsar	p. 69
Introduction	p. 69
Pulsars	p. 70
Evolution of Pulsars	p. 73
Formation of Millisecond Pulsars	p. 74
Pulsar Timing	p. 76
Binary Pulsars	p. 78
The double pulsar - a magnificent laboratory	p. 81
A laboratory for plasma physics	p. 81
A laboratory for strong-field gravity	p. 84
Space-motion and evolution of the double pulsar	p. 94
Orbital decay measurement & Alternative theories of gravity	p. 95
Future tests	p. 97
Summary & Conclusions	p. 98
Acknowledgements	p. 98
References	p. 99
Testing Einstein in Space: The Cravity Probe B Relativity Mission	p. 101
Introduction	p. 101
Gravity Probe B	p. 102
Experimental System Overview	p. 102
Gyroscopes and Gyroscope Readout	p. 103
Telescope and Guide Star Selection	p. 105
On-Orbit Operations and Performance	p. 106
Data Analysis	p. 108
Gyro Performance	p. 108
References	p. 109
Instruments for Cravitational Wave Astronomy on Ground and in Space	p. 111
Introduction	p. 111
Gravitational Waves	p. 112
GW emission	p. 112
Physical signature of a GW	p. 113
Ground based detectors	p. 115
General principles	p. 115
The insulation challenge	p. 118
Fighting the thermal noise	p. 119
Issues in Optical technology	p. 123
Planned spectral sensitivity	p. 125
Frequency Stabilization	p. 125
Data Analysis	p. 127
Present Status	p. 127
The LISA mission	p. 128
Orbital configuration	p. 128
Drag free Operation	p. 131
Data flow	p. 132
Time Delay Interferometry	p. 133
Data analysis	p. 135
Simulators	p. 135
Conclusion	p. 136
References	p. 136
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