Gravity, Cosmology, and Astrophysics A Journey of Exploration and Discovery with Female Pioneers

This open access book is a compilation of enlightening tutorial essays, showcasing the forefront of research by exceptional female scientists. This invaluable collection provides graduate students and researchers in the field with an engaging and pedagogical introduction to a wide range of compellin...

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Other Authors: Hartmann, Betti (Editor), Kunz, Jutta (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature Switzerland 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Series:Lecture Notes in Physics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Astrophysics & Observations
  • Chapter 1. Quasinormal Modes of Static Ellis-Bronnikov Wormholes (Bahareh Azad)
  • Chapter 2. Stationary models of relativistic viscous torus (Sayantani Lahiri)
  • Chapter 3. Shadows and accretion disk images of compact objects (Petya Nedkova)
  • Chapter 4. The optical appearance of compact stars: Shadows and luminous rings (Merce Guerrero)
  • Chapter 5. Beyond Newtonian Dynamics of Planar CRTBP with Kerr - like Primaries (Suparna Roychowdhury)
  • Part II. Extended gravity models
  • Chapter 6. Neutron Stars in General Relativity and in Alternative Gravity Theories: Quasinormal Modes and Universal Relations (Fech Scen Khoo)
  • Chapter 7. Introduction to stellar and substellar physics in modified gravity (Aneta Wojnar)
  • Part III. Cosmology
  • Chapter 8. Chameleon perfect scalar field as a geometric correction in f (R) gravity (Laura L. Parrilla)
  • Chapter 9. Probing the nature of cosmic strings with gravitational waves (Lara Sousa)
  • Part IV. Quantum Gravity & Mathematical Relativity
  • Chapter 10. Entanglement in conformal field theory and holography (Nele Callebaut)
  • Chapter 11. Coordinates are messy — not only in General Relativity (Carla Cederbaum)
  • Chapter 12. Primordial Black Holes and Higgs Vacuum Decay (Ruth Gregoryz)