Black holes, gravitational radiation and the universe. Essays in honor of C. V. Vishveshwara (Q1296227)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Carter, B.}, The black hole equilibrium problem, 1-16 [Zbl 1131.83303] \textit{Whiting, Bernard F.}, Stability of black holes, 17-31 [Zbl 0948.83035] \textit{Kalnins, E. G.; Miller, W. jun.; Williams, G. C.}, Separability of wave equations, 33-51 [Zbl 0948.83034] \textit{Ferrari, V.}, Energy-conservation laws for perturbed stars and black holes, 53-68 [Zbl 0948.83507] \textit{Wald, Robert M.}, Gravitational collapse and cosmic censorship, 69-85 [Zbl 0947.83034] \textit{Bekenstein, Jacob D.}, Disturbing the black hole, 87-101 [Zbl 1131.83302] \textit{Hu, B. L.; Raval, Alpan; Sinha, Sukanya}, Notes on black hole fluctuations and back-reaction, 103-120 [Zbl 1131.83305] \textit{Myers, R. C.}, Black holes in higher curvature gravity, 121-136 [Zbl 0961.83037] \textit{Wadia, Spenta R.}, Micro-structure of black holes and string theory, 137-147 [Zbl 0948.83028] \textit{Ashtekar, Abhay; Krasnov, Kirill}, Quantum geometry and black holes, 149-170 [Zbl 0948.83033] \textit{Dadhich, Naresh}, Black holes, global monopole charge and quasi-local energy, 171-187 [Zbl 1131.83304] \textit{Prasanna, A. R.; Iyer, Sai}, Kinematical consequences of inertial forces in general relativity, 189-206 [Zbl 0948.83502] \textit{Nayak, K. Rajesh}, Gyroscopic precession and inertial forces, 207-218 [Zbl 0948.83501] \textit{Aguirregabiria, J. M.; Chamorro, A.; Suinaga, J.}, Analysis of the equilibrium of a charged test particle in the Kerr-Newman black hole, 219-234 [Zbl 0948.83509] \textit{Vivekanand, M.}, Neutron stars and relativistic gravity, 235-248 [Zbl 0948.83503] \textit{Wiita, Paul J.}, Accretion disks around black holes, 249-263 [Zbl 0960.83509] \textit{Menou, K.; Quataert, E.; Narayan, R.}, Astrophysical evidence for black hole event horizons, 265-287 [Zbl 0948.83504] \textit{Kembhavi, Ajit K.}, Black holes in active galactic nuclei, 289-307 [Zbl 0948.83506] \textit{Cowsik, R.}, Energetic photon spectra as probes of the process of particle acceleration in accretion flows around black holes, 309-317 [Zbl 0948.83508] \textit{Sasaki, Misao}, Black hole perturbation approach to gravitational radiation, 319-334 [Zbl 0948.83505] \textit{Andersson, Nils}, More quasi than normal!, 335-350 [Zbl 0960.83508] \textit{Price, R. H.}, The two black hole problem, 351-366 [Zbl 0960.83025] \textit{Seidel, Edward}, The synergy between numerical and perturbative approaches to black holes, 367-382 [Zbl 0960.83024] \textit{Bishop, Nigel T.; Gomez, Roberto; Lehner, Luis; Szilagyi, Bela; Winicour, Jeffrey; Isaacson, Richard A.}, Cauchy-characteristic matching, 383-408 [Zbl 0960.83004] \textit{Sathyaprakash, B. S.}, Astrophysical sources of gravitational waves, 409-436 [Zbl 0960.83010] \textit{Iyer, Bala R.}, Gravitational radiation from inspiraling compact binaries, 437-459 [Zbl 0960.83507] \textit{Bhawal, Biplab}, Ground-based interferometric detectors of gravitational waves, 461-480 [Zbl 0960.83503] \textit{Dhurandhar, S. V.}, Detection of gravitational waves from inspiraling compact binaries, 481-492 [Zbl 0960.83506] \textit{Dunsby, Peter K. S.; Ellis, George F. R.}, Perturbations of cosmological backgrounds, 493-508 [Zbl 0960.83054] \textit{Narlikar, Jayant V.}, Mach's principle in electrodynamics and inertia, 509-524 [Zbl 0960.83005] \textit{Stachel, John}, The early history of quantum gravity (1916-1940), 525-534 [Zbl 0942.83004] \textit{Ashtekar, Abhay; Corichi, Alejandro; Pierri, Monica}, Geometry in color perception, 535-549 [Zbl 0982.53014] \textit{Panchapakesan, N.}, C. V. Vishveshwara -- a profile, 551-558 [Zbl 0940.01023] Publications of C. V. Vishveshwara, 559-565 [Zbl 0940.01024]