Encyclopedia:Space-time and gravitation

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Special Relativity Kinematics by Wolfgang A Rindler Mechanics by Wolfgang A Rindler Electromagnetism by Wolfgang A Rindler General Relativity Arnowitt-Deser-Misner formalism by Stanley Deser Arnowitt-Deser-Misner energy by Stanley Deser Relativistic astrometry by Sergei Kopeikin Relativistic Celestial Mechanics by Victor Brumberg Spin-coefficient formalism by Ezra (Ted) Newman and Roger Penrose Exact solutions of Einstein's equations by Malcolm A.H. MacCallum Gowdy Spacetimes by Robert H. Gowdy Kerr-Newman metric by Ezra (Ted) Newman and Tim Adamo Ashtekar variables by Abhay Ashtekar Bondi-Sachs Formalism by Thomas Mädler and Jeffrey Winicour Classical theories of gravitation Jordan-Brans-Dicke Theory by Carl H. Brans The MOND paradigm of modified dynamics by Mordehai Milgrom Nordtvedt effect by Kenneth Nordtvedt f(R) theories of gravitation by Salvatore Capozziello and Mariafelicia De Laurentis Stability of the solar system by Jacques Laskar

Theoretical Cosmology Modern cosmology by George F.R. Ellis and Jean-Philippe Uzan Cosmological Constant by Tamara Davis and Brendan Griffen Dark Energy by Eric Linder Leptogenesis by Wilfried Buchmueller Cosmic strings by Tanmay Vachaspati, Levon Pogosian and Danièle A Steer Cosmic Topology by Jean-Pierre Luminet Bianchi universes by Andrew Pontzen Observational Cosmology Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) by Gary Hinshaw and John C. Mather Gamma Ray Bursts Theory by Peter Mészáros Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) by Charles Bennett Relativistic Astrophysics Black holes by Teviet Creighton and Richard H. Price Square kilometre array by Rainer Beck Cosmic X-ray sources by Riccardo Giacconi and Piero Rosati Gamma ray bursts theory by Peter Mészáros Accretion discs by Marek A. Abramowicz and Odele Straub Microlensing exoplanets by Penny D. Sackett High energy cosmic rays by Lu Lu and Alan Watson Weak gravitational lensing by Matthias Bartelmann and Matteo Maturi Experimental and Observational Tests of Gravitation Cosmological constraints from baryonic acoustic oscillation measurements by Jean-Marc Le Goff and Vanina Ruhlmann-Kleider Gravitational Waves: Ground-Based Interferometric Detectors by Nelson Christensen and Marie-Anne Bizouard Gravitational Waves: Science with Compact Binary Coalescences by Frédérique Marion and Stephen Fairhurst

Quantum Gravity Quantum gravity by Carlo Rovelli Hawking radiation by Renaud Parentani and Philippe Spindel Asymptotic Safety in quantum gravity by Andreas Nink, Martin Reuter and Frank Saueressig Bekenstein bound by Jacob D. Bekenstein Bekenstein-Hawking entropy by Jacob D. Bekenstein Unruh effect by Stephen A.Fulling and George Matsas Heat kernel expansion in the background field formalism by Andrei O. Barvinsky Quantum gravity as a low energy effective field theory by John F Donoghue Astrophysical and cosmological signatures of Loop Quantum Gravity by Aurélien Barrau Higher-dimensional theories and space-times Black ring by Roberto Emparan and Harvey Reall Calabi-Yau manifold by Shing-Tung Yau Nonlinear Sigma model by Sergei V. Ketov General relevant articles Principle of least action by Chris Gray Hamiltonian systems by James Meiss Lagrangian formalism for fields by Dmitri Sorokin Gauge invariance by Jean Zinn-Justin and Riccardo Guida Gauge theories by Gerard ′t Hooft Perturbation theory (dynamical systems) by Henk Broer and Heinz Hanßmann Symmetry breaking in classical systems by Franco Strocchi Symmetry breaking in quantum systems by Franco Strocchi Ostrogradsky's theorem on Hamiltonian instability by Richard P Woodard

Future articles

• Causal Dynamical Triangulation by Jan Ambjørn and Renate Loll
• Stochastic gravitational wave backgrounds by Joseph D. Romano and Nelson Christensen
• Topology in Quantum Field Theory by Don Witt
• Loop Quantum Gravity by Eugenio Bianchi
• Inhomogeneous cosmology by Chris Clarkson
• Lorentz symmetry by Ralf Lehnert

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