Interacting Gravitational, Electromagnetic, Neutrino And Other Waves: In The Context Of Einstein's General Theory Of Relativity
Interacting Gravitational, Electromagnetic, Neutrino And Other Waves: In The Context Of Einstein's General Theory Of Relativity

Author: Anzhong Wang

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2020-03-19

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9811211507

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This book is devoted to researchers who would like to investigate interactions among gravitational waves and matter fields beyond linear order, including the phenomena of memory effects, gravitational Faraday rotation, soft theorems, and formations of spacetime singularities due to the mutual focus of gravitational waves. Readers only require a basic understanding of general relativity to understand the materials.The book starts with an overview on the fundamentals of the Newman-Penrose formalism and a brief introduction to distribution theory, with which the author systematically develops a mathematical description of spacetimes of colliding plane waves. Then, the author presents a frame-independent definition of polarization of a plane gravitational wave in a curved spacetime, studies in detail the gravitational Faraday rotation of two plane gravitational waves, and shows that each of them can serve as a medium to the other precisely due to their nonlinear interactions. Exact solutions are also presented, which represent a variety of models including the collisions of two plane gravitational waves and the collisions of a plane gravitational wave with a dust shell, a massless scalar wave, an electromagnetic wave, or a neutrino wave. The formation of spacetime singularities due to nonlinear interactions and the effects of gravitational wave polarization on the nature of singularities are also explored.

Special Relativity, Tensors, And Energy Tensor: With Worked Problems
Special Relativity, Tensors, And Energy Tensor: With Worked Problems

Author: Somnath Datta

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2021-03-02

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9811228132

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This book takes the reader from the preliminary ideas of the Special Theory of Relativity (STR) to the doorsteps of the General Theory of Relativity (GTR).The first part explains the main concepts in a layman's language, including STR, the Lorentz transformation, relativistic mechanics. Thereafter the concept of tensors is built up in detail, especially Maxwell's stress tensor with illustrative examples, culminating in the energy-momentum conservation in electromagnetic fields. Mathematical structure of Minkowski's space-time is constructed and explained graphically. The equation of motion is formulated and then illustrated by the example of relativistic rocket. The principle of covariance is explained with the covariant equations of classical electrodynamics. Finally, the book constructs the energy tensor which constitutes the source term in Einstein's field equation, which clears the passage to the GTR.In the book, the concepts of tensors are developed carefully and a large number of numerical examples taken from atomic and nuclear physics. The graphs of important equations are included. This is suitable for studies in classical electrodynamics, modern physics, and relativity.

General Relativity: A First Examination (Second Edition)
General Relativity: A First Examination (Second Edition)

Author: Marvin Blecher

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2020-08-12

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 981122045X

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This textbook is suitable for a one-semester introduction to General Relativity for advanced undergraduates in physics and engineering. The book is concise so that the entire material can be covered in the one-semester time frame. Many of the calculations are done in detail, without difficult mathematics, to help the students. Though concise, the theory development is lucid and the readers are exposed to possible analytic calculations.In the second edition, the famous twin paradox with acceleration is solved in full from the accelerated observer's frame. The findings of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, who captured the first ever image of a black hole, are discussed in detail. The geodetic and frame drag precessions of gyroscopes in orbit about a rotating Earth are worked out and the Gravity Probe B (GPB) experiment is discussed. Also in the second edition are some new exercise problems.Resources are provided to instructors who adopt this textbook for their courses. Adopting instructors can print and copy portions of these resources solely for their teaching needs. All instructional resources are furnished for informational use only, and are subject to change without notice.

Weak And Electromagnetic Interactions In Nuclei - Proceedings Of 3rd International Symposium (Wein-9)
Weak And Electromagnetic Interactions In Nuclei - Proceedings Of 3rd International Symposium (Wein-9)

Author: T S D Vylov

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1993-03-30

Total Pages: 946

ISBN-13: 981455376X

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This volume presents the experimental and theoretical methods of studying soft interaction physics in high energy collisions. The topics include: dynamical and Bose-Einstein correlations, multiplicity fluctuation, soft photons, disoriented chiral condensate, self-similarity and self-affine behaviors, wavelet analysis, intermittency, chaos, and phase transition.

Confluence of Cosmology, Massive Neutrinos, Elementary Particles, and Gravitation
Confluence of Cosmology, Massive Neutrinos, Elementary Particles, and Gravitation

Author: Behram N. Kursunogammalu

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-12-19

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 0306470942

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Justbefore the preliminary programof Orbis Scientiae 1998 went to press the news in physics was suddenly dominated by the discovery that neutrinos are, after all, massive particles. This was predicted by some physicists including Dr. Behram Kusunoglu, who had apaper published on this subject in 1976 in the Physical Review. Massive neutrinos do not necessarily simplify the physics of elementary particles but they do give elementary particle physics a new direction. If the dark matter content ofthe universe turns out to consist ofneutrinos, the fact that they are massive should make an impact on cosmology. Some of the papers in this volume have attempted to provide answers to these questions. We have a long way to go before we find the real reasons for nature’s creation of neutrinos. Another neutrino-related event was the passing of their discoverer, Fredrick Reines: The trustees of the Global Foundation, members of the Orbis Scientiae 1998, dedicate this conference to Fredrick Reines of the University of California at Irvine. The late Professor Reines was a loyal and active member of these series of conferences on the frontiers of physics and cosmology since 1964. He also sewed as one of the trustees of the Global Foundation for the past three years. Professor Reines discovered the most elusive particle, the neutrino, in 1954. We are proud to say that we recognized the importance of this discovery by awarding him the J.

Probes of Multimessenger Astrophysics
Probes of Multimessenger Astrophysics

Author: Maurizio Spurio

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-12-07

Total Pages: 591

ISBN-13: 3319968548

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"I have taught from and enjoyed the first edition of the book. The selection of topics is the best I've seen. Maurizio Spurio gives very clear presentations using a generous amount of observational data. " James Matthews (Louisiana State University) This is the second edition of an introduction to “multi-messenger” astrophysics. It covers the many different aspects connecting particle physics with astrophysics and cosmology and introduces high-energy astrophysics using different probes: the electromagnetic radiation, with techniques developed by traditional astronomy; charged cosmic rays, gamma-rays and neutrinos, with methods developed in high-energy laboratories; and gravitational waves, recently observed using laser interferometers. The book offers a comprehensive and systematic approach to the theoretical background and the experimental aspects of the study of the high-energy universe. The breakthrough discovery of gravitational waves motivated this new edition of the book, to offer a more global and multimessenger vision of high-energy astrophysics. This second edition is updated and enriched with substantial new materials also deriving from the results obtained at the LIGO/Virgo observatories. For the first time it is now possible to draw the connection between gravitational waves, traditional astronomical observations and other probes (in particular, gamma-rays and neutrinos). The book draws on the extensive courses of Professor Maurizio Spurio at the University of Bologna and it is aimed at graduate students and post-graduate researchers with a basic understanding of particle and nuclear physics. It will also be of interest to particle physicists working in accelerator/collider physics who are keen to understand the mechanisms of the largest accelerators in the Universe.

Fundamentals of Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics
Fundamentals of Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics

Author: Carlo Giunti

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2007-03-15

Total Pages: 727

ISBN-13: 0198508719

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Our Universe is made of a dozen fundamental building blocks. Among these, neutrinos are the most mysterious - but they are the second most abundant particles in the Universe. This book provides detailed discussions of how to describe neutrinos, their basic properties, and the roles they play in nature.

Natural (Mathematical) Distribution of Momentum
Natural (Mathematical) Distribution of Momentum

Author: Waris Allie

Publisher: Waris Allie

Published:

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13:

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A theory that's combined with a collection of other theories about the workings of the universe in relation to a natural mathematical distribution of momentum or force. This is a book of personally typed up writings and handmade drawings about the universe. This is unprofessionally made to inspire the poor to pursue education or a career in science even if they think that they can’t afford resources or are too poor to figure things out that relate to science. Kinetic force is the natural mathematical distribution of momentum. It is the way force or energy naturally distributes itself in matter and spacetime to create everything in the universe from the smallest particles to the largest astronomical objects. This book is a theory like mainstream theoretical physics theories about how the universe formed and how everything in it works. This is kinetic force theory

The Physics of Neutrino Interactions
The Physics of Neutrino Interactions

Author: M. Sajjad Athar

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-12-03

Total Pages: 975

ISBN-13: 1108489060

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A comprehensive introduction to neutrino physics with detailed description of neutrinos and their properties.