Physics and Mathematics of Gravitation: Proceedings of the Spanish Relativity Meeting 2008/ Encuentros Relativistas Espanoles 2008, Salamanca, Spain, 15-19 September 2008

, by Kunze, K. E.; Mars, M.; Vazquez-Mozo, M. A.

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ISBN: 9780735406582 | 0735406588
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Copyright: 5/15/2009

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The Spanish Relativity Meeting is an annual meeting providing a forum where all subjects in relativity and gravitation can be discussed. During the Spanish Relativity Meeting 2008 topics in general relativity, mathematical relativity, cosmology, astrophysics, numerical relativity, black holes, theories of gravity and string theory were treated.

Preface	p. xi
Committees	p. xii
Sponsors	p. xiii
Invited Lectures
The Trapped Region	p. 3
Black Holes, Information and Holography	p. 12
The Wave Equation on Axisymmetric Stationary Black Hole Backgrounds	p. 19
Graviton Production in Brane Worlds by the Dynamical Casimir Effect	p. 39
Physics of the Twentieth Century, and Beyond	p. 55
Sim(n-2): Very Special Relativity and Its Deformations, Holonomy and Quantum Corrections	p. 63
On the Boundary of the Region Containing Trapped Surfaces	p. 72
Contributed Papers
Comparison Theory of Lorentzian Distance with Applications to Spacelike Hypersurfaces	p. 91
Revisiting the Semiclassical Gravity Scenario for Gravitational Collapse	p. 99
Avoiding the Dark Energy Coincidence Problem with a Cosmic Vector	p. 107
The Dynamics of Topology Change	p. 115
Cosmological Vector Perturbations in Vector-Tensor Theories of Gravitation. CMB Anomalies	p. 121
Five Dimensional Minimal Supergravities and Four Dimensional Complex Geometries	p. 129
Non-Abelian Black Holes and Black Strings in Higher Dimensions	p. 137
Local Temperature for Dynamical Black Holes	p. 145
Asymmetric Black Diholes	p. 152
The Interaction Rate in Holographic Models of Dark Energy	p. 156
Some Recent Problems in Lorentzian Geometry and Possible Applications to General Relativity	p. 164
Chaos and Vacuum Gravitational Collapse	p. 172
Communications
Information Geometry of Asymptotically AdS Black Holes	p. 181
Semiclassical States for a Symmetry Reduced Gravitational System	p. 185
The Palatini Formalism for Higher-Curvature Gravity Theories	p. 189
On the Dark Energy Rest Frame and the CMB	p. 193
Dynamics of Dark Energy with a Coupling to Dark Matter	p. 197
Late-Time Acceleration in a Brane with Curvature Effects	p. 201
Non-Linear Perturbations of a Spherically Collapsing Star	p. 205
Quantal Definition of the Weak Equivalence Principle	p. 209
Exact f(R)-Cosmological Model Coming from the Request of the Existence of a Noether Symmetry	p. 213
Flat Deformation Theorem and Symmetries in Spacetime	p. 217
Marginally Outer Trapped Surfaces and Symmetries	p. 221
Emission Coordinates in Minkowski Space-Time	p. 225
Dark Energy and Dark Matter as Quantum Vacuum Effects	p. 229
Improved Constrained Scheme for the Einstein Equations: An Approach to the Uniqueness Issue	p. 232
Holographic Kinetic k-Essence Cosmologies	p. 236
Matching Stationary and Axisymmetric Spacetimes in Perturbation Theory: Lichnerowicz vs. Darmois Junction Conditions in Harmonic Gauge	p. 240
Fourth-Order Gravities, Statefinders and Exotic Cosmological Singularities	p. 244
New Results for Petrov-type D Pure Radiation Fields	p. 248
Cosmological Density Perturbations in Modified Gravity Theories	p. 252
Generalizing Twisted Gauge Invariance	p. 256
Constructing Traversable Wormholes: An Initial Value Approach	p. 260
Cosmological Singularities and Modified Theories of Gravity	p. 264
On the Intrinsic Labeling of Space-Times: A Characterization of the Kerr Solution	p. 268
The Causal Boundary of Standard Stationary Spacetimes	p. 272
Kerr Initial Data	p. 276
Finite Axisymmetric Charged Dust Disks Sources for Conformastatic Spacetimes	p. 280
Exact Static Axially Symmetric Thin Annular Dust Disks	p. 284
Self-Similar Black Holes in an Accelerated Universe	p. 288
Vestiges of the Interaction between Dark Energy and Dark Matter	p. 292
A Double Myers-Perry Black Hole: An Inverse Scattering Construction	p. 296
Towards Some Generalization of Birkhoff's Theorem	p. 300
How Sensitive is Hawking Radiation to Superluminal Dispersion Relations?	p. 304
Application of Initial Data Sequences to the Study of Black Hole Dynamical Trapping Horizons	p. 308
On the Existence of Kundt's Metrics with Compact Sections of Null Hypersurfaces	p. 312
Separating Expansion from Contraction and Generalizing TOV Condition in Spherically Symmetric Models with Pressure	p. 316
High Resolution Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Simulations of the Colaescence of Double White Dwarfs	p. 320
Supersymmetric Quantum Cosmology	p. 324
Dynamical Black Holes with Symmetry in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity	p. 328
On the Simplest Binary System of Rotating Black Holes	p. 332
Non-Abelian Black Hole Solutions in Supergravity	p. 336
Matching Stationary Spacetimes in Cylindrical Symmetry	p. 340
Avoiding Closed Timelike Curves with a Collapsing Rotating Null Dust Shell	p. 344
Parametric Resonance with Multi-Frequencies in Preheating	p. 348
Chronological Null Complete Spacetimes Admit a Global Time	p. 352
On Spherically Symmetric Gravitational Collapse in the Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Theory	p. 356
A Characterization of the Electromagnetic Stress-Energy Tensor	p. 360
On Kerr-Schild Spacetimes in Higher Dimensions	p. 364
F-Term Hybrid Inflation Followed by Modular Inflation	p. 368
Fermi Liquids in Compact Astrophysical Objects under Strong Magnetic Fields	p. 372
Simplectic Time Integrators for Numerical General Relativity	p. 376
Gravitational Collapse of Prolate Brill Waves	p. 380
Implementation of Absorbing Boundary Conditions for the Einstein Equations	p. 384
The Heat Flux from a Relativistic Kinetic Equation with a Simplified Collision Kernel	p. 388
Thermodynamic Route to Field Equations in Gravity	p. 392
Structure Formation in Modified Gravity	p. 396
Magnetic Torsional Oscillations in Magnetars	p. 400
Apparent Horizons in D-Dimensional Robinson-Trautman Spacetime	p. 404
Two Solutions of Macroscopic Gravity	p. 408
Complete Classification of the Wainwright Petrov Type D Perfect Fluid Models	p. 412
Accelerated Expansion through Interaction	p. 416
List of Participants	p. 421
Conference Photograph	p. 429
Author Index	p. 431
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Physics and Mathematics of Gravitation: Proceedings of the Spanish Relativity Meeting 2008/ Encuentros Relativistas Espanoles 2008, Salamanca, Spain, 15-19 September 2008

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