Encyclopedia of space-time and gravitation

Encyclopedia of space-time and gravitation

Editors Jorge Pullin Louisiana State University, USA.

Examples of existing articles (published or draft).

Arnowitt-Deser-Misner formalism by Stanley Deser Arnowitt-Deser-Misner energy by Stanley Deser Bekenstein bound by Jacob D. Bekenstein Bekenstein-Hawking entropy by Jacob D. Bekenstein Black ring by Roberto Emparan and Harvey Reall

Spin-coefficient formalism by Ezra (Ted) Newman and Roger Penrose

Examples of articles to be written

Ashtekar variables by Abhay Ashtekar Cosmic inflation by Andrei Linde Exact solutions of Einstein's equations Malcolm A.H. MacCallum Special relativity by Wolfgang A Rindler Higher dimensional black holes by Roberto Emparan

Kerr metric by Roy P. Kerr Kerr-Schild metric by Roy P. Kerr Misner space by Charles W. Misner

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• Encyclopedia of astrophysics
• Encyclopedia of dynamical systems
• Encyclopedia of fluid dynamics
• Encyclopedia of quantum and statistical field theory

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