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Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement No. 136
Black Holes and Gravitational Waves
— New Eyes in the 21st Century —
Proceedings of the 9th International Seminar
Edited by Takashi Nakamura and Hideo Kodama
Long-baseline interferometers to detect gravitational waves
such as TAMA300/GEO600/VIRGO/ LIGO will be in operation
by the end of this century or at the beginning of the 21st century.
These novel observational means, combined with high-precision
observations of X-rays and gamma rays from compact astrophysical
objects, are expected to provide us with new eyes for investigating
phenomena associated with strong gravitational fields in the coming
century.
This volume is the Proceedings of the 9th Yukawa International
Seminar on BLACK HOLES AND GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
--New Eyes in the 21st Century -- held at the Yukawa Institute
for Theoretical Physics in July 1999.
As a meeting held at this historical epoch, the main purpose
was to synthesize the recent achievements in theoretical studies
of black holes, gravitational waves and other phenomena associated with
strong gravitational fields and to prepare for the coming new age by
forecasting future developments. This volume contains
comprehensive reviews by experts on recent developments in
numerical relativity, post-Newtonian expansion, perturbations of
black holes, equilibria of comact stars and binaries,
black holes in AGN, gamma ray bursts, primordial black hole,
black hole thermodynamics, singularities, critical behavior and
black holes in unified theories.
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