Physics of Relativistic Objects in Compact Binaries: From Birth to Coalescence / edited by Monica Colpi, Piergiorgio Casella, Vittorio Gorini, Ugo Moschella, Andrea Possenti.

Springer eBooks

Binary Systems as Test-Beds of Gravity Theories -- Exploiting Binary Pulsars as Laboratories of Gravity Theories -- Perspective in the Search for Relativistic Pulsars -- The Formation and Evolution of Relativistic Binaries -- Dynamical Formation and Evolution of Neutron Star and Black Hole Binaries in Globular Clusters -- Short Gamma Ray Bursts: Marking the Birth of Black Holes from Coalescing Compact Binaries -- Strong Gravitational Field Diagnostics in Binary Systems Containing a Compact Object -- White Dwarfs in Ultrashort Binary Systems -- Binary Black Hole Coalescence.

This book provides a comprehensive, authoritative and timely review of the astrophysical approach to the investigation of gravity theories. Particular attention is paid to strong-field tests of general relativity and alternative theories of gravity, performed using collapsed objects (neutron stars, black holes and white dwarfs) in relativistic binaries as laboratories. The book starts with an introduction which gives the background linking experimental gravity in cosmic laboratories to astrophysics and fundamental physics. Subsequent chapters cover observational and theoretical aspects of the following topics: from binaries as test-beds of gravity theories to binary pulsars as cosmic laboratories; from binary star evolution to the formation of relativistic binaries; from short gamma-ray bursts to low mass X-ray binaries; from stellar-mass black hole binaries to coalescing super-massive black holes in galaxy mergers. The book will be useful to researchers, PhD and graduate students in Astrophysics, Cosmology, Physics and Mathematics, who are interested in relativistic astrophysics, experimental gravity and general relativity.

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