Gravitation —— From the Hubble Length to the Planck Length

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ISBN: 9780750309486 出版年：2004 页码：427 CRC Press

PREFACE INTRODUCTION Gravitation in the Solar System and Beyond Cosmological Issues The Other Side: Gravitation in the Quantum Regime Gravitation as a Universal Phenomenon PROBING SPACETIME IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM Introduction Distance Angle Frequency FRAME-DRAGGING AND ITS MEASUREMENT Some Historical Background on the Measurement of Gravitomagnetism and the Gravitational Field inside a Rotating Shell Frame Dragging, the Weak-Field and Slow-Motion Analogy: An Invariant Characterization of Gravitomagnetism Gravitomagnetic Phenomena on Test Gyroscopes, Test Particles, Clocks, and Photons Time-Delay Due to Spin of a Central Body and inside a Rotating Shell Measurement of Gravitomagnetism with Laser-Ranged Satellites THE SPECIAL RELATIVISTIC EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE: GRAVITY THEORY'S FOUNDATION Introduction Gravitomagnetic Precession Due to Moving Gravity Source Geodetic Precession Due to Motion through Gravity General Consideration of the Observables Requirements for Equivalent Predictions in Gravity Periastron Precession Summary LUNAR LASER RANGING - A COMPREHENSIVE PROBE OF POST-NEWTONIAN GRAVITY Introduction Dynamical Equations for Bodies, Light, and Clocks LLR's Key Science-Related Range Signals An Additional Yukawa Interaction? Gravitomagnetism Inductive Inertial Forces THE EARLY UNIVERSE AND THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND Introduction The Standard Cosmological Model The Cosmic Microwave Background Past, Present and Future of CMB Observation Conclusions STRINGS, GRAVITY, AND PARTICLE PHYSICS Introduction From Particles to Fields From Fields to Strings From Strings to Branes Some Applications INDEX