Topics in Theoretical and Experimental Gravitation Physics

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
The Generation of Gravitational Waves: A Review of Computational Tecniques....Pages 1-61
Effects of Gravitational Radiation upon Electromagnetic Waves in a Dispersive Medium....Pages 63-68
Gravitational Waves and Their Interaction with Electromagnetic Field....Pages 69-81
Shock Waves in General Relativity....Pages 83-102
The Detection of Gravitational Waves and Quantum Nondisturbtive Measurements....Pages 103-121
Onedimensional Analysis and Computer Simulation of a Weber Antenna....Pages 123-134
Gravitational Radiation Experiments....Pages 135-137
Estimated Sensitivity of the Low Temperature Gravitational Wave Antenna in Rome....Pages 139-147
The LSU Low Temperature Gravity Wave Experiment....Pages 149-159
Optimal Detection of Signals through Linear Devices with Thermal Noise Sources, and Application to the Munich-Frascati Weber-Type Gravitational Wave Detectors....Pages 161-241
Synchrotron Radiation and Astrophysics....Pages 243-250
On the Behaviour of Physical Clocks in the Vicinity of Singularities of a Gravitational Field....Pages 251-269
Bimetric Theory of Gravitation....Pages 271-294
Speculative Remarks on Physics in General and Relativity in Particular....Pages 295-303
Gravitation and Tachyons....Pages 305-321
General Relativity and Quantum Theory....Pages 323-335
Back Matter....Pages 337-343