Physics of Relativistic Objects in Compact Binaries: from Birth to Coalescence Hardback
Edited by Monica Colpi, Piergiorgio Casella, Vittorio Gorini, Ugo Moschella, Andrea Possenti
Part of the Astrophysics and Space Science Library series
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A very attractive feature of the theory of general relativity is that it is a perfectexampleofa“falsi?able”theory:notunableparameterispresentinthe theory and therefore even a single experiment incompatible with a prediction of the theory would immediately lead to its inevitable rejection, at least in the physical regime of application of the aforementioned experiment.
This fact provides additional scienti?c value to one of the boldest and most fascinating achievements of the human intellect ever, and motivates a wealth of e?orts in designing and implementing tests aimed at the falsi?cation of the theory.
The ?rst historical test on the theory has been the de?ection of light gr- ing the solar surface (Eddington 1919): the compatibility of the theory with this ?rst experiment together with its ability to explain the magnitude of the perihelion advance of Mercury contributed strongly to boost acceptance and worldwideknowledge.However,technologicallimitations preventedphysicists from setting up more constraining tests for several decades after the formu- tion of the theory.
In fact, a relevant problem with experimental general r- ativity is that the predicted deviations from the Newtonian theory of gravity areverysmallwhentheexperimentsarecarriedoutinterrestriallaboratories.
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- Pages:378 pages, XIV, 378 p.
- Publisher:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Publication Date:01/10/2008
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:378 pages, XIV, 378 p.
- Publisher:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Publication Date:01/10/2008
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- ISBN:9781402092633
