Relativistic Astrophysics and Gravitation Physics

该奖项将继续支持Moncrief教授开展与理论引力相关的数学物理研究。 拟进行的工作包括研究宇宙学奇点、引力约束方程;以及研究广义相对论的相空间。 蒙克里夫教授是为数不多的能够在爱因斯坦引力理论所产生的困难数学问题上取得进展的研究人员之一。 这项研究将对理论物理和纯数学产生重要影响。

This award will continue support to Professor Moncrief to carry out mathematical physics studies related to theoretical gravitation. The work to be carried out includes studies of cosmological singularities, the constraint equations for gravitation; and the study of phase space for general relativity. Professor Moncrief is one of the few investigators capable of making progress on the hard mathematical questions which arise from Einstein's theory of gravitation. This research will have important consequences for both theoretical physics and pure mathematics.