Numerical Relativity: Solving Einstein's Equations on the Computer

Baumgarte, Thomas W.,Shapiro, Stuart L.

ISBN 10: 052151407X / ISBN 13: 9780521514071

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers mon0003675323

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Numerical Relativity: Solving Einstein's Equations on the Computer
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 052151407X
• ISBN-13: 9780521514071
• Einband: hardcover
• Zustand: Very Good

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Inhaltsangabe

Aimed at students and researchers entering the field, this pedagogical introduction to numerical relativity will also interest scientists seeking a broad survey of its challenges and achievements. The book contains 300 exercises, numerous illustrations (many in color), summary boxes, and applications to help readers master the subject.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Thomas W. Baumgarte is a Professor of Physics at Bowdoin College, and an Adjunct Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his Diploma (1993) and Doctorate (1995) from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, and held postdoctoral positions at Cornell University and the University of Illinois before joining the faculty at Bowdoin College. He is a recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. He has written over 65 research articles on a variety of topics in general relativity and relativistic astrophysics, including black holes and neutron stars, gravitational collapse, and more formal mathematical issues.

Stuart L. Shapiro is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his A.B. from Harvard (1969) and his Ph.D. from Princeton (1973). He has published over 335 research articles spanning many topics in general relativity and theoretical astrophysics and co-authored the widely used textbook Black Holes, White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars; The Physics of Compact Objects (John Wiley, 1983). In addition to numerical relativity, Shapiro has worked on the physics and astrophysics of black holes and neutron stars, relativistic hydrodynamics, magnetohydrodynamics and stellar dynamics, and the generation of gravitational waves. He is a recipient of an IBM Supercomputing Award, a Forefronts of Large-Scale Computation Award, an Alfred P. Snow Research Fellowship, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, and several teaching citations. He has served on the editorial boards of The Astrophysical Journal Letters and Classical and Quantum Gravity. He was elected Fellow of both the American Physical Society and Institute of Physics (UK).