Gravitational Perturbation Theory and Synchrotron Radiation

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OF CONTENTS

Page LISTS

I.

II.

OF F I G U R E S

Gravity

Experiments.

Wave

FOCUSSING

MECHANISMS

RELATIVISTIC

Lens

Focussing.

rotating

Observers.

ORDINARY

SYNCHROTRON

Spacetime.

in t h e

in the K e r r

Scalar

The

Penrose

dependent

Metric

Naked

non-

Theory

General

& Penrose.

Perturbations

....................... Radiation

Theory

The

Perturbation

Held

16

Spacetime.

30

in F l a t Synchrotron

..........................

and Point

Perturbation

Formalism.

of Geroch,

11

Discussion.

linearized

of P e r t u r b a t i o n s .

Regge-Wheeler

.....

Locally

& Gravitational

Spacetime.

Introduction.

turbations.

Spacetime.

Synchrotron

Electromagnetic in F l a t

Gauge

Focussing.

Schwarzschild

RADIATION

OF SPACETIMES

finition

RADIATION

Discussion.

PERTURBATIONS

Point

Summary.

...............................

Geodesics

Geodesics

Radiation

Disk

V

Discussion.

Circular

Introduction.

Motivation.

FOR GRAVITATIONAL

GEODESICS

Introduction.

V.

..........................

.........................................

Singularities.

IV.

TABLES

INTRODUCTION

Introduction.

III.

AND

of G r a v i t y .

Linearization Gauge and

De-

Procedure.

independent

Per-

Regge-Calculus.

Technique.

The Newman-

Relativity

in the F o r m a l i s m

Tetrad

Revised.

Gauge

Transformations.

45

IV

VI.

DECOUPLED

SEPARATED

&

EQUATIONS

.........

Introduction.

The D e c o u p l i n g

of the P e r t u r b a t i o n

tions.

Perturbations.

Electromagnetic

Scalar

bations.

Gravitational

Equations.

Coordinate

GHP Operators. teness

Perturbations. Systems,

Separation

Function

Spheroidal

Solution.

Harmonics.

Spin-Weighted Expansion

Boundary

Spheroidal

POLARIZATION

&

Radial

Spherical

Expansion

&

of

High Frequency

Spheroidal

Harmonics.

......................................... Stokes

Jones Vector.

Electromagnetic

Gravitational

Stokes

Transfer

Parameters

Master

Comple-

Conditions.

Spin-Weighted

Introduction.

Radiative

Equation.

Harmonics.

of S p i n - W e i g h t e d

Pertur-

Decoupled

Low F r e q u e n c y

Parameters,

Poincar6

Stokes

Parameters.

for the Most General

117

Sphere,

Parameters.

The E q u a t i o n

for P o l a r i z e d

77

Equa-

Spin-Coefficients

of M a s t e r

of E i g e n f u n c t i o n s .

Green's

Vll.

PERTURBATION

Radiation. Metric

of

Stokes

Theory

of

Gravity.

VIII.

GEODESIC

SYNCHROTRON

Introduction.

Scalar

High F r e q u e n c y

IX.

Master Power

of

sU(r)

Electromagnetic

Gravitational

DISCUSSIONS

.......................

GSR in the S c h w a r z s c h i l d

Approximation

in the Kerr Geometry. Geometry.

RADIATION

and

Geometry. sS(~/2,0)

GSR in the Kerr

GSR in the Kerr Geometry.

..........................................

Formula

for Power

Spectra. L i m i t a t i o n s

Open Questions

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

139

Spectra.

Spin D e p e n d e n c e

of Test P a r t i c l e

in G r a v i t a t i o n a l

Radiation

GSR.

171

of Some

Theory.

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