General Relativity and Gravitation: Invited Papers and Discussion Reports of the 10th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, Padua, July 3–8, 1983(9 Fundamental Theories of Physics)

The Tenth International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (GR10) was held from July 3 to July 8, 1983, in Padova, Italy. These Conferences take place every three years, under the auspices of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation, with the purpose of assessing the current research in the field, critically discussing the prog­ ress made and disclosing the points of paramount im­ portance which deserve further investigations. The Conference was attended by about 750 scientists active in the various subfields in which the current research on gravitation and general relativity is ar­ ticulated, and more than 450 communications were sub­ mitted. In order to fully exploit this great occur­ rence of experience and creative capacity, and to pro­ mote individual contributions to the collective know­ ledge, the Conference was given a structure of work­ shops on the most active topics and of general sessions in which the Conference was addressed by invited speakers on general reviews or recent major advance­ ments of the field. The individual communications were collected in a two-volume publication made available to the participants upon their arrival and widely distributed to Scientific Institutions and Research Centres.

Table of Contents:
Introductory Talk.- Classical Relativity.- The mathematical theory of black holes.- Gravitational collapse of a dust cloud and the cosmic censorship conjecture.- Asymptotic properties of isolated systems: recent developments.- Exact solutions and singularities — Report of workshop A2.- Initial value problem — Report of workshop A3.- The motion of compact bodies and gravitational radiation.- The quadrupole approximation to gravitational radiation.- Gravitational radiation and the ‘Quadrupole Formula’ — Report of workshop A1.- Algebraic computing in general relativity.- Computational relativity: numerical and algebraic approaches — Report of workshop A4.- Positive energy and Kaluza-Klein theory.- Classical and quantum alternatives to gravitational theories - Report of workshop A5.- Relativistic Astrophysics.- Relativistic cosmology: its nature, aims and problems.- Voids in the expanding universe.- Nonlinear wave propagation in relativistic hydrodynamics and cosmology.- Cosmological parameters and cosmological models — Report of workshop B3.- On the stochastic properties of relativistic cosmological models near the singularity.- The early universe — Report of workshop B2.- Recent developments in the physics and astrophysics of black holes — Report of workshop B1.- Experimental Gravitation.- Testing relativity with solar system dynamics.- Space experiments — Report of workshop C2.- Laser interferometer gravitational wave detectors.- High frequency gravitational waves: attempts to laboratory detection — Report of workshop C1.- Laboratory experiments — Report of workshop C3.- Quantum Gravity.- Free differential algebras and relativistic theories.- Topics in quantum gravity.- Quantum gravity and quantum field theory in a curved space — Report ofworkshop D1.- Supergravity and the Kaluza-Klein program — Report of workshop D2.- The quantum mechanics of the universe.- Highlights of the Conference.- Highlights of the Conference.

Review :
`This book is an invaluable collection of information on the most important and most active areas of research in general relativity... For years to come General Relativity and Gravitation will be an important source of information, serving not only active researchers in this field but also students who want to join their ranks.' Foundations of Physics, 16:8 (1986) `...consists of the invited papers and the reports of the various workshops of GR 10. It is a rich source of information on current research in the four main divisions of the subject: classical relativity, relativistic astrophysics, experimental general relativity, and quantum gravity.' Science, 230 (1985) `Recommended to everybody interested in this field of (astro)physics.' Solar Physics, 98 (1985)