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Fundamental Theories of Physics 177 Jiří Bičák Tomáš Ledvinka Editors General Relativity, Cosmology and Astrophysics Perspectives 100 years after Einstein‘s stay in Prague Fundamental Theories of Physics Volume 177 Series editors Henk van Beijeren, Utrecht, The Netherlands Philippe Blanchard, Bielefeld, Germany Paul Busch, York, UK Bob Coecke, Oxford, UK Dennis Dieks, Utrecht, The Netherlands Detlef Dürr, München, Germany Roman Frigg, London, UK Christopher A. Fuchs, Waterloo, Canada Giancarlo Ghirardi, Trieste, Italy Domenico Giulini, Hannover, Germany Gregg Jaeger, Boston, USA Claus Kiefer, Cologne, Germany Klaas Landsman, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Christian Maes, Leuven, Belgium Hermann Nicolai, Golm, Germany Vesselin Petkov, Montreal, Canada Alwyn van der Merwe, Denver, USA Rainer Verch, Leipzig, Germany Reinhard Werner, Hannover, Germany Christian Wuthrich, La Jolla, USA For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/6001 Jirˇí Bicˇák Tomáš Ledvinka • Editors General Relativity, Cosmology and Astrophysics Perspectives 100 years after Einstein’s stay in Prague 123 Editors Jirˇí Bicˇák Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Charles University Praha 8 Czech Republic Tomáš Ledvinka Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Charles University Praha 8 Czech Republic ISBN 978-3-319-06348-5 ISBN 978-3-319-06349-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-06349-2 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London (eBook) Library of Congress Control Number:2014938217 Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. T