This book addresses physicists working in general
relativity, astrophysics and cosmology. The contributions
are based on reports given at a summer school the goal of
which was to review modern research for students. The school
was centered on the study of gravitational fields
corresponding to rotating objects of astrophysical interest,
under different viewpoints: theoretical, numerical and
observational. Special emphasis is put on the analysis of
interior and exterior fields of stationary axisymmetric
systems. Lectures and contributions, collected here in Part
I, ranged from basic information useful to newcomers to
technical points pertaining to current research in this
area. Part II contains lectures and contributions on other
aspects of gravitation theory.
This book grew out of a summer school designed to review recent developments for students of relativity theory and astrophysics. It discusses the bearing of Einstein's general relativity on rotating objects of interest in astronomy. It addresses researchers as well as graduate students.
F.J. Chinea
Astrophysics Astrophysik Axisymmetric Systems Cosmology Einsteinsche Gravitationstheorie Gravity Relativity Relativity Gravitation Theory Rotierende Objekte general relativity