Newton Institute Program on Global Problems in Mathematical Relativity

摘要：项目编号：dms -0505795首席研究员：Gregory J. galloway艾萨克·牛顿数学科学研究所于2005年8月至12月在英国剑桥开展了一个学期的数学相对论全球问题（GMR）研究项目。该奖项的目的是为美国参与者提供部分旅行和生活支持。GMR计划的总体目标是汇集该领域的专家，以及早期职业研究人员和研究生，讨论广义相对论和相关引力理论的数学方面的最新惊人进展，并解决现有的问题和挑战。该计划包括三个重点会议：(1)数值相对论的新方向，(2)全球广义相对论，(3)约束方程，以及将贯穿整个计划过程的一系列主题研讨会。gmr项目恰逢爱因斯坦提出狭义相对论100周年。广义相对论，爱因斯坦的几何引力理论，包含了这个特殊的理论，已经被证明在局部天体物理和宇宙尺度上都是一个非常精确的引力理论。在该计划期间进行的合作研究和分析的结果将对各种基本物理问题产生重大影响，例如引力坍缩的最终状态问题及其对引力辐射探测的影响。研究生和新近博士的参与是该项目的关键组成部分，对该地区的持续活力至关重要。

AbstractAward: DMS-0505795Principal Investigator: Gregory J. GallowayThe Isaac Newton Institute for the Mathematical Sciences isrunning a semester long program on Global Problems inMathematical Relativity (GMR) in Cambridge, England from Augustto December, 2005. The purpose of this award is to providepartial travel and subsistence support for U. S. participants.The general aim of the GMR program is to bring together expertsin the field, along with early career researchers and graduatestudents, to discuss recent striking advances in mathematicalaspects of general relativity and related theories of gravity,and to address existing problems and challenges. The programconsists of three focused conferences: (1) New Directions inNumerical Relativity, (2) Global General Relativity, and (3) TheConstraint Equations, together with a series of thematicworkshops that will run throughout the course of the program. TheGMR program coincides with the 100 year anniversary of Einstein'sSpecial Theory of Relativity. General Relativity, Einstein'sgeometric theory of gravity, which incorporates the specialtheory, has proven to be an extraordinarily accurate theory ofgravity at both the local astrophysical and cosmologicalscales. The results of the collaborative research and analysis tobe carried out during the program will have a significant bearingon various fundamental physical problems, such as the issue ofthe final state of gravitational collapse, and its implicationsfor the detection of gravitational radiation. Participation ofgraduate students and recent PhD's is a key component of theprogram, and is crucial to the continuing vitality of the area.