Gravitational Physics:

Exploring the Structure of Space and Time

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Size: 126 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1999

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Committee on Gravitational Physics, National Research Council
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Gravitational Physics assesses the achievements of the field over the past decade in both theory and experiment, identifies the most promising opportunities for research in the next decade, and describes the resources necessary to realize those opportunities. A major theme ...
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Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-6	(skim)
1 Introduction, Overview, and Recommendations	7-23	(skim)
2 Ideas and Phenomena of General Relativity	24-31	(skim)
3 Achievements and Opportunities in Gravitational Physics	32-98	(skim)
Appendix A: Activities of the Committee on Gravitational Physics	99-103	(skim)
Appendix B: Glossary	104-114	(skim)

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Gravitational Physics assesses the achievements of the field over the past decade in both theory and experiment, identifies the most promising opportunities for research in the next decade, and describes the resources necessary to realize those opportunities. A major theme running through the opportunities is the exploration of strong gravitational fields, such as those associated with black holes.

The book, part of the ongoing decadal survey Physics in a New Era, examines topics such as gravitational waves and their detection, classical and quantum theory of strong gravitational fields, precision measurements, and astronomical observations relevant to the predictions of Einstein's theory of general relativity.

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Exploring the Structure of Space and Time

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