Gravity, Particles, and Astrophysics A Review of Modern Theories of
This book deals with the relationship between gravitation and elementary particle physics, and the implications of these subjects for astrophysics. There has, in recent years, been renewed interest in theories that connect up gravitation and particle phys
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ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY A SERIES OF BOOKS ON THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF SPACE SCIENCE AND OF GENERAL GEOPHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS PUBLISHED IN CONNECTION WITH THE JOURNAL SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS
Editorial Board J.
E.
BLAMONT,
R. L. F.
Laboratoired'Aeronomie, Verrieres, France
BoYD,
University College, London, England
L. GoLDBERG, Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, Ariz., U.S.A. C. DE JAGER, Z. KOPAL, G.
R.
H.
LOST,
LUDWIG,
University of Utrecht, The Netherlands University of Manchester, England
NOAA, National Environmental Satellite Service, Suitland, Md., U.S.A.
President Max-Planck-Gesel/schaft zur Forderungder Wissenschaften, Munchen, F.R.G.
B. M. McCORMAC,
Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif., U.S.A. H.
E.
NEWELL,
Alexandria, Va., U.S.A.
L. I. SEDOV, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Z. ~VESTKA, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
VOLUME 79
PAUL S. WESSON St. John's College, Cambridge University, England and Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Oslo University, Norway
GRAVITY, PARTICLES, AND ASTROPHYSICS A Review of Modern Theories of Gravity and G-variability, and their Relation to Elementary Particle Physics and Astrophysics
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Wesson, Paul S Gravity, particles, and astrophysics. (Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 79) Bibliography: p. lncludes index. 1. Gravity. 2. Particles (Nuclear physics). 1. Title. Il. Series. 3. Astrophysics. QB331.W47 531'.14 80-14820 ISBN 978-94-009-9001-2 ISBN 978-94-009-8999-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-009-8999-3
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PREFACE
This book deals with the relationship between gravitation and elementary particle physics, and the implications of these subjects for astrophysics. There has, in recent years, been renewed interest in theories that connect up gravitation and particle physics, and in the astrophysical consequences of such theories. Some of these accounts involve a time-variation of the Newtonian gravitational parameter, G. In this respect, the present book may be regarded as a companion to my Cosmology and Geophysics (Hilger, Bristol, 1978). There is some overlap as regards the discussion of G-variability, but the emphasis in the present book is on astrophysics while the emphasis in the other one is on geophysics. The subject is a very broad one indeed, and in giving a review of it I have adopted a somewhat unorthodox way of presenting the material involved. The main reason for this is that a review of
