Physics of Relativistic Objects in Compact Binaries: From Birth to Coalescence

1. Binary Systems as Test-Beds of Gravity Theories
Thibault Damour

2. Exploiting Binary Pulsars as Laboratories of Gravity Theories
Michael Kramer

3. Perspective in the Search for Relativistic Pulsars
Nichi D'Amico, Marta Burgay

4. The Formation and Evolution of Relativistic Binaries
E. P. J. van den Heuvel

5. Dynamical Formation and Evolution of Neutron Star and Black Hole Binaries in Globular Clusters
Monica Colpi, Bernadetta Devecchi

6. Short Gamma Ray Bursts: Marking the Birth of Black Holes from Coalescing Compact Binaries
Davide Lazzati, Rosalba Perna

7. Strong Gravitational Field Diagnostics in Binary Systems Containing a Compact Object
L. Stella

8. White Dwarfs in Ultrashort Binary Systems
Gian Luca Israel, Simone Dall'Osso

9. Binary Black Hole Coalescence
Frans Pretorius

Keywords: Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Relativity and Cosmology, Astrophysics