Current Terms in Relativistic Astrophysics, w. CD-ROM

ThisvolumecontainsselectedlecturespresentedattheSpanishRelativityMe- ingonRelativisticAstrophysicsheldattheEscuelaT¿ecnicaSuperiordeIn- nierosNavalesofMadrid,Spain,inSeptember2001. The meeting centered on the study of several aspects of Relativistic - trophysics from various viewpoints: theoretical, numerical and observational. Lectures and contributions dealt with issues related to black holes (accretion, thermodynamics, gravitational collapse, stability), numerical and perturbative aspects of astrophysical processes (black hole evolution, relativistic stars, jet hydrodynamics. . . )andproductionanddetectionofgravitationalwaves. Other topicsandanimationsareenclosedintheaccompanyingCD-ROM. Lecturesandcontributionsareintendedtocoverthegapbetweenundergr- uatecoursesandcurrentresearchinthe?eld,includingthemostrecentadvances inRelativisticAstrophysics. Madrid,Spain, LeonardoFern¿andez-Jambrina July2002 LuisManuelGonz¿ alez-Romero Acknowlegements The24thSpanishRelativityMeetingwasrunbyUniversidadComplutensede MadridandUniversidadPolit¿ecnicadeMadrid. Fundsfortheorganizationofthe meetingwereprovidedbybothuniversities,theSpanishMinisteriodeCiencia yTecnolog¿?a,theEscuelaT¿ecnicaSuperiordeIngenierosNavales,theDepar- mentodeEnsenanzas ~ B¿asicasdelaIngenier¿?aNavalandComunidaddeMadrid. WealsowishtothanktheDirectoroftheEscuelaT¿ecnicaSuperiordeIn- nierosNavales,Dr. L. R. Nu~ ¿nez,forkindlyo?eringthepremisesforthemeeting, Dr. F. Robledo, Head of the Departamento de Ensenanzas ~ B¿asicas, Prof. R. Cerc¿os,forhissupportduringthemeeting,andMs. C. Milans,forhergenerous helpwiththebureaucratictasks. Wealsoacknowledgetheworkandpatienceofthecontributorsandreferees ofthisbook,speciallyProf. W. Israel,whowasnotabletoattendthemeetingin personduetothesadeventsofSeptember11th,butkindlyagreetocontribute tothisvolume. Finally,ourthanksgoalsototheotherco-organizersofthemeeting,Prof. F. J. ChineaandMr. F. Navarro-L¿erida. TableofContents RelativisticAstrophysics LeonardoFern¿andez-Jambrina,LuisManuelGonz¿ alez-Romero. . . . . . . . . . . 1 PartI BlackHoles:Theory,Evolution,AccretionandStability BlackHoleThermodynamics WernerIsrael. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 PerturbationsofBlackHoles ValeriaFerrari. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 CriticalPhenomenainGravitationalCollapse: TheRoleofAngularMomentum Jos¿eM. Mart¿?n-Garc¿?a,CarstenGundlach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 PartII NumericalandPerturbativeAnalysis ofAstrophysicalProcesses StellarPerturbations ValeriaFerrari. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 NumericalRelativisticHydrodynamics Jos¿eMar¿?aIb¿a~ nez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 FluxLimiterMethodsin3DNumericalRelativity CarlesBona,CarlosPalenzuela. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 GaugeConditionsforLong-TermNumericalBlackHole EvolutionWithorWithoutExcision MiguelAlcubierre,BerndBrugmann, ¿ DenisPollney,EdwardSeidel, andRyojiTakahashi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 NumericalRelativitywiththeConformalFieldEquations SaschaHusa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 X Table of Contents PartIII GravitationalWaves:ProductionandDetection BinaryBlackHolesandGravitationalWaveProduction: Post-NewtonianAnalyticTreatment GerhardSch¿afer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 TheDetectionofGravitationalWaves J. AlbertoLobo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 PartIV OtherTopics StructureofConformalLorentzTransformations G¿oranBergqvist,Jos¿eM. M. Senovilla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 CircularityConditions onStationaryAxisymmetricEinstein-Yang-MillsFields FranciscoJavierChinea,FranciscoNavarro-L¿erida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 TheShortestCutinBraneCosmology ElcioAbdalla,BerthaCuadros-Melgar,Cze-ShiangFeng,BinWang. . . . . . 261 WeakEnergyConditionViolationandSuperluminalTravel FranciscoLobo,PauloCrawford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 FactorStructureofRationalVacuumMetrics andaGeneralizationoftheTomimatsu-SatoSolutions CorneliusA. Hoenselaers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 AnAnisotropicCosmologicalModel withIsotropicBackgroundRadiation SauloCarneiro,GuillermoA. MenaMarug¿ an. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 LorentzianCommentsonStokesParameters JuanAntonioMorales,EmilioNavarro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 CausalTransformations AlfonsoGarc¿?a-ParradoandJos¿eM. M. Senovilla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 TELEPENSOUTHProject:MeasurementoftheEarth GravitomagneticFieldinaTerrestrialLaboratory Jos¿eFernandoPascual-S¿anchez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 SupermassiveStarswithLocalAnisotropy, PossibleSourceofSomeQuasars'Luminosity? EmilioSantosCorchero. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Modi?cationsoftheEinstein-StrausModel toAnisotropicSettings FilipeC. Mena,RezaTavakol,Raul ¿ Vera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 ListofContributors G¿oranBergqvist LeonardoFern¿andez-Jambrina M¿alardalenUniversity UniversidadPolit¿ecnicadeMadrid DepartmentofMathematics E. T. S. I. Navales P. O. Box883 ArcodelaVictorias/n 72123V¿aster? as,Sweden 28040-Madrid,Spain gober@mai. liu. se lfernandez@etsin. upm.