The Net Advance of Physics:

GRAVITATION

Classical + Quantum

See also the British Columbia GR homepage, HyperSpace.

Classical Gravity:

General Relativity + Ashtekar Variables + Gravitational Collapse + Gravitational Waves + Mach's Principle / Inertia + Scalar Theories + QUANTUM GRAVITY

GENERAL RELATIVITY:

• Overviews:
  • General Relativity (for GPS satellite applications), by C. Misner, 95/08
  • Time Travel in Flatland: Introduction to Light Cones in Curved Spacetime, by Patricia Schwarz
  • Solve the Einstein Equations Yourself (Mathematica Notebook), by Patricia Schwarz
  • NET ADVANCE OF PHYSICS: Cosmology
• Experimental and Observational Tests:
  • Tests of Relativistic Gravity using Millisecond Pulsars, by Jon Bell, 97/01
  • Binary-Pulsar Tests of Strong-Field Gravity, by Gilles Esposito-Farese, 96/12
  • General Relativity (for GPS satellite applications), by C. Misner, 95/08
• Numerical Methods:
  • 3D Numerical Relativity at NCSA, by Peter Anninos et al., 1995
  • Numerical Relativity and Black Hole Horizons, by J. Masso, 94/12
  • Numerical Relativity, by E. Seidel and W.-M. Suen, 1994
  • Solving Einstein's Equations on Supercomputers, by E. Seidel, 1994
  • Spacetime Wrinkles, from the NCSA Expo. (Elementary level.)

ASHTEKAR VARIABLES:

• NET ADVANCE OF PHYSICS: Ashtekar Variables

GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE:

• NET ADVANCE OF PHYSICS: Black Holes

GRAVITATIONAL WAVES:

• Detection:
  • Gravitational Waves, by Kip Thorne, 95/06
  • Binary Neutron Star Inspiral, LIGO, and Cosmology, by L. S. Finn, 95/02
• Theory:
  • Gravitational Waves from Neutron Stars, by S. Bonazzola and E. Gourgoulhon, 96/05
  • Solid Interiors of Neutron Stars and Gravitational Radiation, by P. Haensel, 96/05
  • Gravitational Radiation from Stellar Collapse and Distorted Black Holes, by E. Seidel, 1990
  • Gravitational Waves from Isolated Neutron Stars, by S. Bonazzola and E. Gourgoulhon, 96/05

MACH'S PRINCIPLE / INERTIA:

• Classical and Quantum Inertia, by Haret C. Rosu, 94/12
• NET ADVANCE OF PHYSICS: Cosmology

SCALAR GRAVITY:

• Gravity and the Tenacious Scalar Field, by Carl H. Brans, 97/05:

Quantum Gravity:

General and Various + Ashtekar Variables + Lattice Quantum Gravity + Mach's Principle / Inertia + Pregeometric Approaches + Supergravity + Two-Dimensional Gravity + CLASSICAL GRAVITATION

GENERAL AND VARIOUS:

• Effective Field Theory Description of Gravity, by John F. Donoghue, 95/12
• Structural Issues in Quantum Gravity, by Chris Isham, 95/10
• The Small Scale Structure of Space-Time, by Phil E. Gibbs, 95/06
• The Quest for Quantum Gravity, by G. Au, 95/06
• Vacuum Correlations at Geodesic Distance in Quantum Gravity, by G. Modanese, 94/10
• Knots and Quantum Gravity, by John C. Baez, 94/10
• Algebraic Extension of Dirac Quantization, by A. Ashtekar and R. S. Tate, 94/05
• Spin networks, by John C. Baez

ASHTEKAR VARIABLES:

• The Quest for Quantum Gravity, by G. Au, 95/06
• Actions for Gravity, by Peter Peldan, 93/05
• Bibliography of Publications related to Classical and Quantum Gravity in terms of the Ashtekar Variables, by Troy A. Schilling, 94/09
• Bibliography on the Ashtekar Variables, by Jorge Pullin
• Bibliography of Jorge Pullin's own papers on the Ashtekar variables

LATTICE QUANTUM GRAVITY:

• General:
  • Lattice Quantum Gravity, by S. Catterall, 95/10
• Dynamical Triangulation:
  • Lattice Quantum Gravity, by S. Catterall, 95/10
  • Simplicial Quantum Gravity, by B. V. de Bakker, 95/08

MACH'S PRINCIPLE / INERTIA:

• NET ADVANCE OF PHYSICS: Mach's Principle

PREGEOMETRIC APPROACHES:

• The Small Scale Structure of Space-Time, by Phil E. Gibbs, 95/06

SUPERGRAVITY:

• NET ADVANCE OF PHYSICS: Supergravity

TWO-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM GRAVITY:

• Matrix Models of 2D Gravity and Induced QCD, by Yuri Makeenko, 93/10
• Fractal Structure of Quantum Gravity in Two Dimensions, by Noboru Kawamoto, 93/04
• The Liouville Approach to 2D Gravity and its Toda Generalizations, by Jean-Loup Gervais, 92/12
• Introduction to 2D Gravity and Solvable String Models, by Emil Martinec, 91/12

To contribute to this page, write Norman Redington, redingtn@mit.edu