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ISBN-10: 0226870340 | ISBN-13: 978-0226870342 | Publication Date: April 25, 1998 | Edition: 1

A comprehensive summary of progress made during the past decade on the theory of black holes and relativistic stars, this collection includes discussion of structure and oscillations of relativistic stars, the use of gravitational radiation detectors, observational evidence for black holes, cosmic censorship, numerical work related to black hole collisions, the internal structure of black holes, black hole thermodynamics, information loss and other issues related to the quantum properties of black holes, and recent developments in the theory of black holes in the context of string theory.

Volume contributors: Valeria Ferrari, John L. Friedman, James B. Hartle, Stephen W. Hawking, Gary T. Horowitz, Werner Israel, Roger Penrose, Martin J. Rees, Rafael D. Sorkin, Saul A. Teukolsky, Kip S. Thorne, and Robert M. Wald.

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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; 1 edition (April 25, 1998)
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ISBN-10: 0226870340
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The theory of nonradial oscillations of stars can be formulated, in close analogy with the theory of perturbations of black holes, as a problem of resonant scattering of gravitational waves by the potential barrier generated by the spacetime curvature, and it is governed by an energy conservation law. Read the first page

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foliating family, inspirai waveforms, spacetime discreteness, generalized quantum theory, inspiral waves, nonsingular family, order the string scale, black hole mechanics, polar perturbations, rotating relativistic stars, supermassive hole, axial perturbations, advanced interferometers, near extremal black holes, strong cosmic censorship, string entropy, nonaxisymmetric instability, spacelike surfaces, first interferometers, homogeneous stars, dimensional black hole, absolute event horizon, usual quantum mechanics, thermal atmosphere, globally hyperbolic spacetime

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Cambridge University Press, New York, World Scientific, Quantum Grav, University of Chicago Press, The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes, Oxford University Press, Euclidean Green, Academic Press, Hartle Figure, Identify Figure, Joseph Weber, San Francisco, United States

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General Relativity by Robert M. Wald on 6 pages
The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes (Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences) by the late S. Chandrasekhar on 5 pages
Black Holes: Selected Reprints by Steven Detweiler on page 5, page 21, and page 77
General Relativity; an Einstein Centenary Survey by W. Israel on page 121, page 151, and page 218
Black Holes: The End of the Universe? by John Taylor on page 36, page 39, and page 75

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Einstein's Field Equations and Their Physical Implications: Selected Essays in Honour of J�rgen Ehlers (Lecture Notes in Physics) by Bernd G. Schmidt on page 112, page 113, and page 114
Empire of the Stars: Obsession, Friendship, and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes by Arthur I. Miller in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
Advances in the Interplay Between Quantum and Gravity Physics (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry) by Peter G. Bergmann on page 518, page 521, and page 522

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