Directions in General Relativity: Proceedings of the 1993 International Symposium, Maryland: Papers in Honor of Charles Misner

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These two volumes are the proceedings of a major International Symposium on General Relativity held at the University of Maryland 27 to 29 March 1993 to celebrate the sixtieth birthdays of Professor Charles Misner and Professor Dieter Brill. The volumes cover classical general relativity, quantum gravity and quantum cosmology, canonical formulation and the initial value problem, topology and geometry of spacetime and fields, mathematical and physical cosmology, and Black Hole physics and astrophysics. As invited articles, the papers in these volumes have an aim which goes beyond that of a standard conference proceedings. Not only do the authors discuss the most recent research results in their fields, but many also provide historical perspectives on how their subjects developed and offer individual insights in their search for new directions.

"This volume will be invaluable to students and researchers in gravitational physics and related theoretical areas." Viqar Husain, Mathematical Reviews

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Contributors
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Symposium Program
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Papers from both Volumes Classified by Subject
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Preface
pp xxiii-xxiv
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Charles W. Misner: Insight and Discovery
pp 1-9
- By Beverly K. Berger, Dieter Brill, James Isenberg, Richard A. Matzner
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Remarks Concerning the Geometries of Gravity and Gauge Fields
pp 10-20
- By Jeeva Anandan, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC 29208, USA
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Gravity and Unification of Fundamental Interactions
pp 21-28
- By R. L. Arnowitt, P. Nath
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Minisuperspaces: Symmetries and Quantization
pp 29-42
- By A. Ashtekar, R. S. Tate, C. Uggla
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Quantum Cosmology
pp 43-57
- By B. K. Berger
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A Pictorial History of some Gravitational Instantons
pp 58-77
- By D. Brill, K.- T. Pirk
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No Time Machines from Lightlike Sources in 2+1 Gravity
pp 78-89
- By S. Deser, A. R. Steif
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Inhomogeneity and Anisotropy Generation in FRW Cosmologies
pp 90-98
- By G. F. R. Ellis, D. R. Matravers
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Misner, Kinks and Black Holes
pp 99-103
- By D. Finkelstein
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The Quantum Mechanics of Closed Systems
pp 104-124
- By J. B. Hartle, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530
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Cosmological Vacuum Phase Transitions
pp 125-144
- By W. A. Hiscock, D. A. Samuel
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Minisuperspace as a Quantum Open System
pp 145-165
- By B. L. Hu, J. P. Paz, S. Sinha
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Ricci Flow on Minisuperspaces and the Geometry-Topology Problem
pp 166-181
- By J. Isenberg, M. Jackson
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Classical and Quantum Dynamics of Black Hole Interiors
pp 182-200
- By W. Israel
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Matter Time in Canonical Quantum Gravity
pp 201-221
- By K. V. Kuchař
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The Isotropy and Homogeneity of the Universe
pp 222-230
- By R. A. Matzner
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Recent Advances in ADM Reduction
pp 231-244
- By V. Moncrief
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Some Progress in Classical Canonical Gravity
pp 245-260
- By J. M. Nester
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Harmonic Map Formulation of Colliding Electrovac Plane Waves
pp 261-271
- By Y. Nutku
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Geometry, the Renormalization Group and Gravity
pp 272-287
- By D. J. O'Connor, C. R. Stephens
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An Example of Indeterminacy in the Time-Development of “Already Unified Field Theory”: A Collision between Electomagnetic Plane Waves
pp 288-296
- By R. Penrose
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Non-static Metrics of Hiscock-Gott Type
pp 297-299
- By A. K. Raychaudhuri
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Non-Standard Phase Space Variables, Quantization and Path-Integrals, or Little Ado about Much
pp 300-311
- By Michael P. Ryan, Jr., Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méico, A. Postal 70-546, Mexico 04510 D.F., MEXICO, Sergio Hojman, Departamento de Física Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, CHILE
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The Present Status of the Decaying Neutrino Theory
pp 312-319
- By D. W. Sciama
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