Relativistic Gravity Research With Emphasis on Experiments and Observations

Gravitational lensing....Pages 1-45
The general relativistic N-body problem....Pages 46-69
Observable relativistic effects in the solar system....Pages 70-86
New results for relativistic parameters from the analysis of llr measurements....Pages 87-99
Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry in astro-, geo-, and gravitational physics....Pages 100-130
A gradiometer experiment to detect the gravitomagnetic field of the earth....Pages 131-140
The international atomic time and the PTB\'s clocks....Pages 141-162
Gravity-wave astrophysics....Pages 163-183
The GEO—project a long-baseline laser interferometer for the detection of gravitational waves....Pages 184-209
The optics of an interferometric gravitational-wave antenna....Pages 210-238
Mechanical aspects in interferometric gravity wave detectors....Pages 239-266
Fermion and Boson stars....Pages 267-293
Black holes with hair....Pages 294-304
Gravitational fields of rapidly rotating neutron stars: Theoretical foundation....Pages 305-318
Gravitational fields of rapidly rotating neutron stars: Numerical results....Pages 319-340
A new laboratory experiment for testing Newton\'s gravitational law....Pages 341-367
Matter wave interferometry and why quantum objects are fundamental for establishing a gravitational theory....Pages 368-407