Astr/Phys 571: Gravitation

Projects

(references are being updated)

Modern Experimental Tests of General Relativity

Compact Objects

The Maximum Mass of a Neutron Star
- Maximum Mass of a Neutron Star
  Rhoades & Ruffini 1974, PRL, 32, 324
- The equation of state and bounds on the mass of nonrotating neutron stars
  Hartle & Sabbadini 1977, ApJ, 213, 831
- On the maximum mass of a uniformly rotating neutron star
  Friedman, J., & Ipser, J. 1987, ApJ, 314, 594
Relativistically Broadened Iron Lines in Accreting Black Holes
- X-rays and accretion discs as probes of the strong gravity of black holes
  Fabian 2001, Texas Conference, astro-ph/0103438
- XMM-EPIC observation of MCG-6-30-15: direct evidence for the extraction of energy from a spinning black hole?
  Wilms et al. 2001, MNRAS, 328, L27

Relativistic Diskoseismology
- Stable Oscillations of Black Hole Accretion Discs
  Nowak & Lehr, 1998, in "Theory of Black Hole Accretion Discs", astro-ph/9812004
- ``Stable'' Quasi-periodic Oscillations and Black Hole Properties from Diskoseismology
  Wagoner, Silbergleit, & Ortega-Rodriguez, ApJ, 2001, ApJ, 559, L25
Black-hole Spin and Extraction of Rotational Energy
- Electromagnetic extraction of energy from Kerr black holes
  Blandford & Znajek 1997, MNRAS, 179, 433
- Fast Waves and the Causality of Black Hole Dynamos
  Punsly 1996, ApJ, 467, 105
- Magnetic Extraction of Spin Energy from a Black Hole
  Krolik, J. 2000, in Explosive Phenomena in Astrophysical Compact Objects, astro-ph/0008372

Numerical Relativity

Numerical Techniques
- Initial Data for Numerical Relativity
  Cook 2001, Living Reviews in General Relativity
- Numerical Approaches to Spacetime Singularities
  Berger 2001, Living Reviews in General Relativity
Hydrodynamic Flows in General Relativity
- Numerical Hydrodynamics in General Relativity
  Font 2002, Living Reviews in General Relativity

Gravitational Waves

Compact Objects as Sources of Gravity Waves
- Gravitational Radiation from Post-Newtonian Sources and Inspiralling Compact Binaries
  Blanchet 2002, Living Reviews in General Relativity
- Quasi-Normal Modes of Stars and Black Holes
  Kokkotas & Schmidt 1999, Living Reviews in General Relativity
Gravitational Wave Detection
- Gravitational Wave Detection by Interferometry (Ground and Space)
  Rowan & Hough 2000, Living Reviews in General Relativity

Gravitational Lensing

Strong Gravitational Lensing
- Lectures on Gravitational Lensing
  Narayan & Bartelmann, in Formation of Structure in the Universe
- Cosmological applications of gravitational lensing
  Blandford & Narayan 1992, ARAA, 30, 311
- Cosmological Applications of Gravitational Lensing
  Mellier 1999 in Proc. of Cargese Summer School on Theoretical and Observational Cosmology
Weak Lensing
- Gravitational Lenses
  Bernardeau 1999 in Proc. of Cargese Summer School on Theoretical and Observational Cosmology (astro-ph/9901117)
- Cosmic shear statistics and cosmology
  Van Waerbeke et al. 2001, A&A, 374, 757
Microlensing
- Gravitational microlensing at large optical depth
  Paczynski 1986, ApJ, 301, 503
- Gravitational microlensing by the galactic halo
  Paczynski 1986, ApJ, 304, 1
- MACHO Project Limits on Black Hole Dark Matter in the 1-30 Msolar Range
  Alcock et al. 2001, ApJ, 550, L169

The Universe

Modified Newtonian Dynamics
- Modified Newtonian Dynamics as an Alternative to Dark Matter
  Sanders & McGauch 2002, ARA&A, 40, 264
- MOND-theoretical aspects
  Milgrom 2002, NewA, 46, 741
- A Stratified Framework for Scalar-Tensor Theories of Modified Dynamics
  Sanders 1999, ApJ, 480, 492
"Dark Energy" and the Cosmological Constant
- The Cosmological Constant
  Carroll, 2001, Living Reviews in General Relativity
- The cosmological constant and dark energy
  Peebles & Ratra 2003, Rev. Mod. Phys. 75, 559

Beyond General Relativity

Kaluza-Klein Gravity I
- Kaluza-Klein Gravity
  Overduin & Wesson, 1998, gr-qc/9805018