(where no names are listed, A. K. is the sole author)
Textbooks and Monographs
- [1] Inhomogeneous cosmological models [a monograph]. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge 1997, 317 pp, ISBN 0 521 48180 5. Paperback
re-edition 2006; electronic re-edition 2010.
- [2] Jerzy Plebański and A. Krasiński, An introduction to general
relativity and cosmology [a textbook]. Cambridge University Press 2006.
Paperback re-edition 2006.
After the book was published, several errors and typos were found in it
by Mr. Przemysław Jacewicz (thanks!). The list of corrections is accessible
here (click on ``Resources'' and then on ``New errata'')
- [3] Krzysztof Bolejko, A. Krasiński, Charles Hellaby and Marie-No"elle
C'el'erier, Structures in the Universe by exact methods -- formation, evolution,
interactions [a monograph]. Cambridge University Press 2010.
- [4] Jerzy Plebański and A. Krasiński, An introduction to general
relativity and cosmology, second edition. Cambridge University Press 2024, 559 pp., ISBN 978-1-009-41562-0.
Other books
- [1] A. Krasiński, George F. R. Ellis, Malcolm A. H. MacCallum
(editors). Golden Oldies in general relativity. Hidden gems. Springer,
Heidelberg 2013, 493 pp, ISBN 978-3-642-34504-3.
Main research papers
- [1] Solutions of the Einstein field equations for a rotating perfect
fluid, Part 1 - Presentation of the flow-stationary and vortex- homogeneous
solutions. Acta Phys. Polon. B5, 411 (1974).
link
- [2] Solutions of the Einstein field equations for a rotating perfect
fluid, Part 2 - Properties of the flow-stationary and vortex- homogeneous
solutions. Acta Phys. Polon. B6, 223 (1975).
link
- [3] Solutions of the Einstein field equations for a rotating perfect
fluid, part 3 - A survey of models of a rotating perfect fluid or dust.
Acta Phys. Polon. B6, 239 (1975), also published in a largely expanded
form as a preprint.
link *****
link to the expanded version
- [4] Some solutions of the Einstein field equations for a rotating
perfect fluid distribution. J. Math. Phys. 16, 125 (1975).
link
- [5] All flow-stationary cylindrically symmetric solutions of the
Einstein field equations for a rotating isentropic perfect fluid. Rep.
Math. Phys. 14, 225 (1978).
link
- [6] Ellipsoidal spacetimes, sources for the Kerr metric. Ann.
Phys. 112, 22 (1978).
link
- [7] A. Krasiński and Jerzy Plebański, N-dimensional complex
Riemann-Einstein spaces with O(n-1,C) as the symmetry group. Rep. Math.
Phys. 17, 217 (1980).
link
- [8] A Newtonian model of the source of the Kerr metric. Phys.
Lett. A80, 238 (1980).
link
- [9] A. Krasiński and Marek Perkowski, ORTOCARTAN - a new computer
program for analytic calculations in general relativity. Gen. Rel. Grav.
13, 67 (1981).
link
- [10] A. Krasiński and Marek Perkowski, ORTOCARTAN - a new computer
program for algebraic calculations. Computer Phys. Commun. 22, 269
(1981).
link
- [11] Spacetimes with spherically symmetric hypersurfaces. Gen.
Rel. Grav. 13, 1021 (1981).
link *****
link to the more detailed version that was not
accepted for publication
- [12] On the global geometry of the Stephani Universe. Gen. Rel.
Grav. 15, 673 (1983).
link
- [13] ORTOCARTAN - a program for algebraic calculations in general
relativity. SIGSAM Bulletin 17 no 3 -- 4, 12 (1983).
link
- [14] A. Krasiński, Stanisław Bażański and Renata Kaczyńska, Physical
properties of the extended Chasles equilibrium figure. Phys. Lett. A
115, 33 (1986).
link
- [15] On the equations of state and on flow of perfect fluids in
general relativity (comments to two papers by V. I. Obozov). Acta Phys.
Polon. B19, 801 (1988).
link
- [16] Shearfree normal cosmological models. J. Math. Phys.
30, 433 (1989).
link
- [17] A note on the uniqueness of the Wyman solution. Rep. Math.
Phys., 29, 337 (1991).
link
***** link to the extended version that was
prevented from publication by three teams of referees
- [18] The program ORTOCARTAN for algebraic calculations in
relativity. Gen. Rel. Grav. 25, 165 (1993).
link
- [19] Bibliography on inhomogeneous cosmological models. Acta
Cosmologica 20, 67 (1994).
link
- [20] A. Krasiński, Hernando Quevedo and Roberto Sussman, On the
thermodynamical interpretation of perfect fluid solutions of the Einstein
equations with no symmetry. J. Math. Phys. 38, 2602 (1997).
link *****
link to the more detailed version that was not
accepted for publication
- [21] Rotating dust solutions of Einstein's equations with
3-dimensional symmetry groups; Part 1: Two Killing fields spanned on
$u^{\alpha}$ and $w^{\alpha}$. J. Math. Phys. 39, 380 (1998).
link
- [22] Rotating dust solutions of Einstein's equations with
3-dimensional symmetry groups; Part 2: One Killing field spanned on
$u^{\alpha}$ and $w^{\alpha}$. J. Math. Phys. 39, 401 (1998).
link
The published version contains a number of typos. They are all corrected in
the arXiv version of this paper
link
- [23] Rotating dust solutions of Einstein's equations with
3-dimensional symmetry groups; Part 3: All Killing fields linearly independent
of $u^{\alpha}$ and $w^{\alpha}$. J. Math. Phys. 39, 2148 (1998).
link
The published version contains a number of typos. They are all corrected
in the arXiv version of this paper
link
- [24] The newest release of the Ortocartan set of programs for
algebraic calculations in relativity. Gen. Rel. Grav. 33, 145
(2001).
link
- [25] Rotating Bianchi type V dust models generalizing the k = -1
Friedmann models. J. Math. Phys. 42, 355 (2001).
link
- [26] Friedmann limits of hypersurface-homogeneous rotating dust
models. J. Math. Phys. 42, 3628 (2001).
link
- [27] A. Krasiński and Charles Hellaby, Structure formation in the
Lemaitre -- Tolman model. Phys. Rev. D65, 023501 (2002).
link
- [28] Charles Hellaby and A. Krasiński, You cannott get through Szekeres
wormholes or regularity, topology and causality in quasi-spherical Szekeres
models. Phys. Rev. D66, 084011 (2002).
link
- [29] A. Krasiński and Charles Hellaby, More examples of structure
formation in the Lemaitre -- Tolman model. Phys. Rev. D69, 023502
(2004).
link
- [30] A. Krasiński and Charles Hellaby, Formation of a galaxy with a
central black hole in the Lemaitre -- Tolman model. Phys. Rev. D69,
043502 (2004).
link
- [31] Krzysztof Bolejko, A. Krasiński and Charles Hellaby, Formation of
voids in the Universe within the Lemaitre--Tolman model. Mon. Not. Roy.
Astr. Soc. 362, 213 (2005).
link
- [32] Charles Hellaby and A. Krasiński, Alternative methods of describing
structure formation in the Lemaitre -- Tolman model. Phys. Rev.
D73, 023518 (2006).
link
- [33] A. Krasiński and Krzysztof Bolejko, Avoidance of singularities in
spherically symmetric charged dust. Phys. Rev. D73, 124033 (2006).
link to the original text
+ erratum Phys. Rev. D75, 069904 (2007)
link to the erratum .
Fully corrected text: arXiv:gr-qc/0602090v4
link to the final text .
- [34] A. Krasiński and Krzysztof Bolejko, Can a charged dust ball be sent
through the Reissner -- Nordstr"om wormhole? Phys. Rev. D76,
124013 (2007).
link
- [35] Charles Hellaby and A. Krasiński, Physical and Geometrical
Interpretation of the $\epsilon \leq 0$ Szekeres Models. Phys. Rev.
D77, 023529 (2008).
link
- [36] Geometry and topology of the quasi-plane Szekeres model.
Phys. Rev. D78, 064038 (2008).
link
- [37] Marie-No"elle C'el'erier, Krzysztof Bolejko and A. Krasiński, A
(giant) void is not mandatory to explain away dark energy with a Lemaitre
-- Tolman model. Astronomy and Astrophysics 518, A21 (2010).
link
The referees of this paper (five of them, at two journals) relentlessly
fought to prevent it from being published. This tumultuous story is described
here
- [38] A. Krasiński, Charles Hellaby, Krzysztof Bolejko and
Marie-No\"{e}lle C\'el\'erier, Imitating accelerated expansion of the Universe
by matter inhomogeneities -- corrections of some misunderstandings.
Gen. Rel. Grav. 42, 2453 (2010).
link
The road to publication of this paper was as adventurous as the previous
one. The story is described
here
- [39] A. Krasiński and Krzysztof Bolejko, Redshift propagation
equations in the $\beta' \neq 0$ Szekeres models. Phys. Rev. D83,
083503 (2011).
link
- [40] Krzysztof Bolejko, Marie-No"elle C'el'erier and A.
Krasiński, Inhomogeneous cosmological models: exact solutions and their
applications. Class. Quant. Grav. 28, 164002 (2011).
link
- [41] Repeatable light paths in the shearfree normal cosmological
models. Phys. Rev. D84, 023510 (2011).
link
- [42] Cosmological models and misunderstandings about them. Acta
Phys. Polon. B42, 2263 (2011).
link
- [43] Przemysław Jacewicz and A. Krasiński, Formation of
Gyrs old black holes in the centers of galaxies within the Lemaitre--Tolman
model. Gen. Rel. Grav. 44, 81-105 (2012).
link
- [44] A. Krasiński and Gabriel Giono, The charged dust solution of
Ruban -- matching to Reissner--Nordstr"om and shell crossings. Gen. Rel.
Grav. 44, 239-251 (2012).
link
- [45] A. Krasiński and Krzysztof Bolejko, Apparent horizons in the
quasi-spherical Szekeres models. Phys. Rev. D85, 124016 (2012).
link
- [46] Repeatable light paths in the conformally flat cosmological
models. Phys. Rev. D86, 064001 (2012).
link
- [47] A. Krasiński and Krzysztof Bolejko, Geometry of the
quasi-hyperbolic Szekeres models. Phys. Rev. D86 104036 (2012).
link
- [48] Accelerating expansion or inhomogeneity? A comparison of the
$\Lambda$CDM and Lema\^{\i}tre -- Tolman models. Phys. Rev. D89,
023520 (2014); erratum: Phys. Rev. D89, 089901(E) (2014).
link
link to erratum
- [49] Accelerating expansion or inhomogeneity? Part 2: Mimicking
acceleration with the energy function in the Lema\^{\i}tre -- Tolman model.
Phys. Rev. D90, 023524 (2014).
link
- [50] Mimicking acceleration in the constant-bang-time Lema\^{\i}tre --
Tolman model: Shell crossings, density distributions and light cones. Phys.
Rev. D90, 064021 (2014).
link
- [51] Blueshifts in the Lema\^{\i}tre -- Tolman models. Phys.
Rev. D90, 103525 (2014).
link
- [52] Cosmological blueshifting may explain the gamma ray bursts.
Phys. Rev. D93, 043525 (2016).
link
This paper experienced a bump on its road to publication. The story is
described here
- [53] Existence of blueshifts in quasi-spherical Szekeres spacetimes.
Phys. Rev. D94, 023515 (2016).
link
- [54] Properties of blueshifted light rays in quasi-spherical Szekeres
metrics. Phys. Rev. D97, 064047 (2018).
link to the arxiv version .
The arxiv text agrees with the PRD publication.
Similarly to the two papers from 2010, this one had a torturous road to
publication. It was submitted to Phys. Rev. D on April 27, 2017,
accepted for publication only on January 31, 2018, and finally put on line on
March 30, 2018. The story is described here
.
- [55] Short-lived flashes of gamma radiation in a quasi-spherical
Szekeres metric. arXiv 1803.10101. link to ArXiv
My attempts to publish this paper in a journal were unsuccessful, so it
will be accessible only via arXiv. The story of my publication attempts is
described here .
- [56] Gamma radiation from areal radius minima in a quasi-spherical
Szekeres metric. Acta Phys. Polon. B51, 483 (2020).
link
- [57] Expansion of bundles of light rays in the Lema\^{\i}tre -- Tolman
models. Rep. Math. Phys. 88, 203 (2021).
link
- [58] Spacetimes with no position drift. Acta Phys. Polon.
B54, 2-A.1 (2023).
link
- [59] Causality in the maximally extended Reissner--Nordstr\"{o}m
spacetime with identifications. Rep. Math. Phys., in press. ArXiv 2409.03786.
link
Research work published in refereed proceedings of international
conferences
- [1] The Universe with time-varying spatial curvature index. In:
The birth of the Universe. Edited by J. Audouze and J. Tran Tranh Van.
Proceedings of the 17-th Rencontre de Moriond 1982, vol. 34. Editions
Frontieres, Gif sur Yvette 1982, p. 15.
link
- [2] A generalization of the Lemaitre models. In: The Big
Bang and Georges Lemaitre. Edited by A. Berger. D. Reidel Publishing
Company, Dordrecht 1984, p. 63.
link
- [3] Generalized cosmological models. In: Proceedings of the
Sir Arthur Eddington Centenary Symposium, Vol. I: Relativistic astrophysics and
cosmology. Edited by V. de Sabbata and T. M. Karade. World Scientific
Publishing Company, Singapore 1984, p. 45.
link
- [4] The program ORTOCARTAN for applications in Einstein's
relativity theory. In: EUROCAL'85, European Conference on Computer
Algebra, Linz, Austria, 1985. Proceedings, vol. 2: Research contributions.
Edited by B. F. Caviness. Lecture Notes in Computer Science vol. 204] Springer,
Berlin 1985, p. 159.
link
- [5] A spatially periodic generalization of the FLRW cosmological
models. In: Proceedings of the 4th Marcel Grossman Meeting on General
Relativity. Edited by R. Ruffini. Elsevier Science Publishers B. V.,
Amsterdam 1986, p. 989.
link
- [6] Inhomogeneous generalizations of the Robertson-Walker
cosmological models. In: Gravitational Collapse and Relativity,
Proceedings of Yamada Conference XIV. Edited by H. Sato and T. Nakamura.
World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore 1986, p. 500.
link
- [7] The program ORTOCARTAN for applications in the relativity
theory. In: International Conference on Computer Algebra and its
Applications in Theoretical Physics. Edited by N. N. Govorun. Joint
Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 1986, p. 50.
link
- [8] Early inhomogeneous cosmological models in Einstein's theory.
In: Modern Cosmology in Retrospect. Edited by B. Bertotti, R. Balbinot,
S. Bergia and A. Messina. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1990, p. 115.
link
- [9] User-friendly features of ORTOCARTAN. In: Computer Algebra
in Physical Research. Edited by D. V. Shirkov, V. A. Rostovtsev and V. P.
Gerdt. World Scientific, Singapore 1991, p. 66.
link
- [10] A survey of cosmological exact solutions. In: Proceedings
of the 6th Marcel Grossman Meeting on General Relativity. Edited by H. Sato
and T. Nakamura. World Scientific, Singapore 1992, p. 642.
link
- [11] Physics in an inhomogeneous Universe. In: Inhomogeneous
cosmological models. Proceedings of the 1994 Spanish Relativity Meeting.
Edited by J. M. M. Senovilla and A. Molina. World Scientific, Singapore, 1995,
p. 27.
link
- [12] Overview of inhomogeneous cosmological models. In: Recent
developments in gravitation and mathematical physics. Edited by A. Macias,
T. Matos, O. Obregon and H. Quevedo. World Scientific, Singapore 1996, p. 163.
link
- [13] Physics and cosmology in an inhomogeneous Universe. In:
Black holes and high energy astrophysics. Proceedings of the 49th Yamada
Conference. Edited by H. Sato and N. Sugiyama. Universal Academy Press,
Tokyo 1998, p. 133.
link
- [14] The ultimate extension of the Bianchi classification for
rotating dust models. In: On Eistein's path: Essays in honor of Engelbert
Schucking. Edited by A. Harvey. Springer, New York 1999, p. 283.
link
- [15] Rotating dust models in relativity. In: Coherent states,
quantization and gravity. Proceedings of the XVIIth Workshop on Geometric
Methods in Physics, Białowieża (Poland) 1998. Edited by M. Schlichenmaier,
A. Strasburger, S. Twareque Ali and A. Odzijewicz. Warsaw University Press,
Warsaw 2001, p. 199.
link
- [16] Inhomogeneous cosmology -- workshop report (Edited by A.
Krasiński). In: The Ninth Marcel Grossman Meeting on Recent Developments in
Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation and Relativistic
Field Theories. Edited by V. G. Gurzadyan, R. T. Jantzen and R. Ruffini.
World Scientific, New Jersey, London, Singapore, Hong Kong 2002, p. 627.
link
- [17] Recent developments in the system Ortocartan. In: The Ninth
Marcel Grossman Meeting on Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental
General Relativity, Gravitation and Relativistic Field Theories. Edited by
V. G. Gurzadyan, R. T. Jantzen and R. Ruffini. World Scientific, New Jersey,
London, Singapore, Hong Kong 2002, p. 1701.
link
- [18] A. Krasiński and Charles Hellaby, Structure formation in the
Universe by exact methods. In: ``Mathematics of Gravitation II''.
Proceedings of the conference held in Warsaw, 2003. Published in the web page
http://www.impan.gov.pl/Gravitation/ConfProc/index.html
link to whole proceedings
*****
link to my paper
- [19] Charles Hellaby and A. Krasiński, Szekeres models and their
wormholes. In: The Tenth Marcel Grossman Meeting on Recent Developments in
Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation and Relativistic
Field Theories. Edited by M. Novello, S. P. Bergliaffa and R. Ruffini.
World Scientific, New Jersey, London, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong,
Taipei, Chennai 2005, p. 29.
link
- [20] A. Krasiński and Charles Hellaby, Structure formation in the
Universe by exact methods. In: The Tenth Marcel Grossman Meeting on Recent
Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation and
Relativistic Field Theories. Edited by M. Novello, S. P. Bergliaffa and R.
Ruffini. World Scientific, New Jersey, London, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai,
Hong Kong, Taipei, Chennai 2005, p. 80.
link
- [21] A. Krasiński and Charles Hellaby, Structure formation in the
Lemaitre--Tolman cosmological model (a non-perturbative approach). In:
Topics in mathematical physics, general relativity and cosmology, in honor of
Jerzy Plebański. Proceedings of 2002 international conference. Edited by H.
Garcia-Compean, B. Mielnik, M. Montesinos and M. Przanowski. World Scientific,
New Jersey, London, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Chennai
2006, p. 279.
link
- [22] A. Krasiński and Krzysztof Bolejko, Nonsingular collapse of
spherically symmetric charged dust. In: Proceedings of 11th Marcel Grossman
Meeting. Edited by H. Kleinert, R.T. Jantzen and R. Ruffini, World
Scientific, Singapore, 2008, p. 700.
link
- [23] A. Krasiński and Krzysztof Bolejko, Exact inhomogeneous models
and the drift of light rays induced by nonsymmetric flow of the cosmic medium.
In: Proceedings of 13th Marcel Grossman Meeting. Edited by R. T.
Jantzen, K. Rosquist and R. Ruffini, World Scientific, New Jersey, London,
Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Chennai 2015, p. 922. Also
published in International Journal of Modern Physics D22, 1330013
(2013).
link 2013
link 2015
- [23] Singularities you might not be familiar with (i.e. strange kinds
of Big Bang). In: Singularities of general relativity and their quantum
fate. Proceedings of the conference held in Warsaw, 2016. Published in the
web page http://bcc.impan.pl/16SingGR/uploads/Singularity/Andrzej\_Krasinski.pdf,
and also accessible as a You Tube recording at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KE1NKMcqB8
link to You Tube \\
link to the pdf text
Communications printed in conference volumes (Note: short conference
abstracts are not included in this list at all)
- [1] A class of rotating and expanding Universes. In: 8th
International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation. University
of Waterloo 1977, p. 216.
link
- [2] Ellipsoidal spacetimes. In: 8th International Conference
on General Relativity and Gravitation. University of Waterloo 1977, p. 217.
link
- [3] A. Krasiński and Marek Perkowski, ORTOCARTAN - a computer program
for calculating curvature tensors. In: 9th International Conference on
General Relativity and Gravitation. University of Jena 1980, p. 106.
link
- [4] Spacetimes with intrinsic spherical symmetry. In: 9th
International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation. University of
Jena 1980, p. 44.
link
- [5] A Newtonian model of the Kerr gravitational field. In: 9th
International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation. University of
Jena 1980, p. 46.
link
- [6] Symmetries of the Riemann tensor. In: 10th International
Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation. University of Padua 1983, p.
290.
link
- [7] The program ORTOCARTAN for algebraic calculations - new
developments. In: 10th International Conference on General Relativity and
Gravitation. University of Padua 1983, p. 433.
link
- [8] The Universe with varying topology of spatial slices. In:
10th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation.
University of Padua 1983, p. 841.
link
- [9] The program ORTOCARTAN - developments since 1983. In: 11th
International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation. University of
Stockholm 1986, p. 58.
link
- [10] Spacetimes with conformally flat flow-orthogonal sections. In:
11th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation.
University of Stockholm 1986, p. 327.
link
- [11] A unified representation of the shearfree normal models. In:
12th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation.
University of Colorado at Boulder 1989, p. 341.
link
- [12] Cosmological exact solutions. In: 12th International
Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation. University of Colorado at
Boulder 1989, p. 340.
link
- [13] The program ORTOCARTAN - now available on Atari. In: 13th
International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation. University of
Cordoba 1992, p. 305.
link
- [14] Cosmology in an inhomogeneous Universe. In: 13th
International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation. University of
Cordoba 1992, p. 378.
link
Technical reports (distributed as preprints or electronic recordings;
not otherwise published)
- [1] A. Krasiński, Marek Perkowski and Zdzisław Otwinowski, The system
ORTOCARTAN for analytic calculations. Detailed description. Preprint (1979),
documentation to the program.
(link not available -- text too large and outdated)
- [2] A. Krasiński and Marek Perkowski, The system ORTOCARTAN - user's
manual. Preprint (1st issue 1979, 2nd issue 1980), documentation to the
program.
link to the newest version (old versions outdated)
- [3] A. Krasiński and Marek Perkowski, The system ORTOCARTAN - user's
manual. Third edition, Cologne 1983. Updated documentation to the program,
stored and distributed on a magnetic tape.
link to the newest version
- [4] A. Krasiński, Marek Perkowski, Zdzisław Otwinowski and Marek
Kwa\'sniewski, The system ORTOCARTAN for analytic calculations. Detailed
description. Second edition, Warsaw 1984. Updated documentation to the program,
stored and distributed on a magnetic tape. (link not available -- text too large)
- [5] The system ORTOCARTAN - user's manual. Supplement to the second
edition. Preprint (1984), documentation to the program (included in later
updates). (separate link not available)
- [6] A. Krasiński and Marek Perkowski, The system ORTOCARTAN - user's
manual. Fourth edition, Warsaw 1992. Revised and extended documentation to the
program, stored and distributed on diskettes.
link to the newest version
- [7] A. Krasiński and Marek Perkowski, The system ORTOCARTAN - user's
manual. Fifth edition, Warsaw 2000. Revised and extended documentation to the
program, stored on disk, distributed by email only.
link
Notes of lecture courses given at research schools (those given in
Poland are marked with PPP)
- [1] A survey of cosmological models. Acta Cosmologica 7,
101 (1978). (PPP)
link
- [2] Rotational motion of matter in general relativity. Acta
Cosmologica 7, 119 (1978). (PPP)
link
- [3] Cylindrical rotating Universe. Acta Cosmologica 7,
133 (1978). (PPP)
link *****
link to the more detailed version that was not
accepted for publication
- [4] Symmetries of manifolds and tensor fields and the Bianchi
classification. In: Proceedings of the Instructional Workshop on Advanced
Aspects of General Relativity, vol. I. Edited by A. Banerjee. Jadavpur
University and the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta
1989, p. 6.
The published volume was retyped without proofreading, and contains a large
number of incredible typos. The
link shows a fully corrected text.
Semi-popular texts for physicists + review papers (all in Polish)
- [1] Models of the Universe in general relativity.
Postępy Astronomii 23, 97 (1975).
link
- [2] Is the Sun spherical? Postępy Astronomii 23, 159
(1975).
link
- [3] A. Krasiński and Marek Perkowski, Symbolic algebraic computer
programs, Part 1 - The LISP programming language. Postępy Astronomii
25, 203 (1977).
link
- [4] A. Krasiński and Marek Perkowski, Symbolic algebraic computer
programs, Part 2 - Applications and perspectives. Postępy Astronomii
26, 33 (1978).
link
- [5] Figures of equilibrium, Part 1 - Basic theorems. Postępy
Astronomii 28, 271 (1980).
link
- [6] Figures of equilibrium, Part 2 - Homogeneous figures.
Postępy Astronomii 29, 31 (1981).
link
- [7] Figures of equilibrium, Part 3 - Inhomogeneous figures.
Postępy Astronomii 29, 87 (1981).
link
- [8] Physics in an inhomogeneous Universe. Postępy Fizyki
43, 415 (1992).
link
- [9] The Galileo affair. Postępy Fizyki 44, 487
(1993);
link
same text: Postępy Astronomii 41, 109 (1993) - part 1,
41, 183 (1993) - part 2.
- [10] What is space and what space do we live in? (the point of view
of a nonquantum physicist). In: Space in Contemporary Science. Edited by
S. Symotiuk and G. Nowak. Publishing House of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska
University, Lublin 2000, p. 11.
link
- [11] How the theory of relativity had been taking shape.
Postępy Fizyki 54, 95 (2003).
link
- [12] Un-recognised discoveries. Unknown episodes of the history of
general relativity. Postępy Fizyki 58, 104 (2007).
link
- [13] On cosmological models and some misunderstandings about them.
Postępy Fizyki 60, 98 (2009).
link
- [14] On Charles Babbage's difference engine and other old
computers. Postępy Fizyki 61, 229 (2010).
link
- [15] Premature Nobel Prize decision? (includes a translation of a
letter by Yousaf M. Butt from Physics Today 65, February 2012, p.
10). Postępy Fizyki, 63, 50 (2012).
link
- [16] 100 years of general relativity (in Polish). Nauka
quarterly, No 1/2016, 11 (2016).
link
Short notes correcting errors in published papers by other authors
- [1] Comment on ``Space-times with plane-symmetric scalar
waves'' [J. Math. Phys. 33, 3506 (1992)], J. Math. Phys. 35, 527
(1994).
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- [2] Stationary cylindrically symmetric vacuum solutions with
Lambda [Comment on the paper by Santos, CQG 10, 2401 (1993)],
Class. Q. Grav. 11, 1373 (1994).
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- [3] Comment on ‘A cylindrically symmetric solution approaching
Einstein universe’ [by M. Iftime, CQG 19, L81 (2002)],
Class. Q. Grav., 19, 5273 (2002).
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Editorial notes about classic papers on relativity (published during my
term as associate editor at General Relativity and Gravitation)
- [1] [The Lanczos 1924 paper on rotating dust] Gen. Rel. Grav.
29, 359 (1997).
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- [2] [The Lemaitre 1933 paper on his inhomogeneous cosmological model]
Gen. Rel. Grav. 29, 637 (1997).
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- [3] [The Tolman 1934 paper on the Lemaitre model] Gen. Rel.
Grav. 29, 931 (1997).
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- [4] [The Sen 1934 paper on the Lemaitre-Tolman model] Gen. Rel.
Grav. 29, 1473 (1997).
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- [5] [The McCrea 1939 paper on observations in inhomogeneous models]
Gen. Rel. Grav. 30, 311 (1998).
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- [6] [The Kustaanheimo-Qvist 1948 paper on spherically symmetric
shearfree solutions] Gen. Rel. Grav. 30, 659 (1998).
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- [7] [The Bonnor 1956 paper on the formation of ``nebulae'']
Gen. Rel. Grav. 30, 1111 (1998).
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- [8] [The Shirokov--Fisher 1962 paper on averaging out spatial
inhomogeneities in cosmological models] Gen. Rel. Grav. 30, 1407
(1998).
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- [9] [The Kantowski 1965 PhD Thesis on properties of the
``Kantowski-Sachs'' class of models] Gen. Rel. Grav. 30, 1663
(1998).
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- [10] [The Vaidya papers on his radiating metric] Gen. Rel.
Grav. 31, 115 (1999).
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- [11] [The Nariai papers on his special spherical solution]
Gen. Rel. Grav. 31, 945 (1999).
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- [12] [The Datt paper on the inhomomogeneous generalization of the
Kantowski-Sachs models] Gen. Rel. Grav. 31, 1615 (1999).
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- [13] [The Bondi paper on the Lemaitre-Tolman model] Gen. Rel.
Grav. 31, 1777 (1999).
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- [14] A. Krasiński and George F. R. Ellis, [The classic Friedmann
papers] Gen. Rel. Grav. 31, 1985 (1999).
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see also an addendum
- [15] [The Milne-McCrea papers on Newtonian cosmology] Gen.
Rel. Grav. 32, 1933 (2000).
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- [16] [The Ruban papers on properties of the Datt solution] Gen.
Rel. Grav. 33, 363 (2001).
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- [17] [The Novikov paper on properties of the Schwarzschild solution]
Gen. Rel. Grav. 33, 2255 (2001).
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- [18] [The Rindler paper on horizons in cosmological models]
Gen. Rel. Grav. 34, 131 (2002).
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- [19] A. Krasiński, Christoph G. Behr, Engelbert Sch"ucking, Frank B.
Estabrook, Hugo D. Wahlquist, George F. R. Ellis, Robert Jantzen and Wolfgang
Kundt, The Bianchi classification in
the Sch"ucking--Behr approach. Gen. Rel. Grav. 35, 475 (2003).
link
- [20] J"urgen Ehlers and A. Krasiński, Comment on the paper by J. T.
Jebsen reprinted in Gen. Rel. Grav. 37, 2253 - 2259 (2005).
Gen. Rel. Grav. 38, 1329 (2006).
link
- [21] Golden Oldies -- a reactivation (editorial). Gen. Rel.
Grav. 39, 1043 (2007).
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- [22] Varun Sahni and A. Krasiński, [The Zeldovich paper on the
interpretation of the cosmological constant in terms of quantum field theory]
Gen. Rel. Grav. 40, 1557 (2008).
link
- [23] A. Krasiński and Maciej Przanowski [The Goldberg -- Sachs paper
on their theorem about Petrov types] Gen. Rel. Grav. 41, 421
(2009).
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- [24] A. Krasiński, Enric Verdaguer and Roy Patrick Kerr, [The
Kerr -- Schild paper on the derivation of the Kerr solution] Gen. Rel.
Grav. 41, 2469 (2009).
link
- [25] Niky Kamran and A. Krasiński, [The Carter Les Houches 1972
lectures on the Kerr metric and black holes] Gen. Rel. Grav. 41,
2867 (2009).
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Biographical notes (mainly accompanying the Oldies from the previous
section)
- [1] Kornel Lanczos, Gen. Rel. Grav. 29, 360 (1997).
link
- [2] Georges Lemaitre Gen. Rel. Grav. 29, 639 (1997).
link
- [3] Richard Chace Tolman Gen. Rel. Grav. 29, 932 (1997).
link
- [4] Mikhail Fedorovich Shirokov Gen. Rel. Grav. 30, 1408
(1998).
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- [5] Alexandr Friedmann Gen. Rel. Grav. 31, 1989 (1999).
link
- [6] Kurt G"odel Gen. Rel. Grav. 32, 1407 (2000).
link
- [7] Edward Arthur Milne Gen. Rel. Grav. 32, 1935 (2000).
link
- [8] Ivor Malcolm Haddon Etherington Gen. Rel. Grav. 39,
1053 (2007).
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- [9] Rainer Sachs, George F. R. Ellis and A. Krasiński [Rainer K.
Sachs: a brief biography]. Gen. Rel. Grav. 39, 1941 (2007).
link
- [10] Edward Kasner Gen. Rel. Grav. 40, 868 (2008).
link
- [11] Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich Zeldovich Gen. Rel. Grav.
40, 1560 (2008).
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- [12] Fritz Zwicky Gen. Rel. Grav. 41, 204 (2009).
link
- [13] Hermann Weyl Gen. Rel. Grav. 41, 1657 (2009).
link
- [14] Pascual Jordan Gen. Rel. Grav. 41, 2182 (2009).
link
- [15] Roy Patrick Kerr Gen. Rel. Grav. 41, 2482 (2009).
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- [16] Jerome Kristian Gen. Rel. Grav. 43, 335 (2011).
link
- [17] Tullio Levi-Civita Gen. Rel. Grav. 43, 335 (2011).
link
- [18] Howard Percy Robertson Gen. Rel. Grav. 44, 2109
(2012).
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- [19] Hans Thirring Gen. Rel. Grav. 44, 3221 (2012).
link
- [20] Evgenii Mikhailovich Lifshitz, Gen. Rel. Grav.,
49:17, p. 25 (2017).
link
- [21] Memories about Bogdan Mielnik, in Geometric Methods in Physics
XXXIX, Workshop, Bia{\l}ystok, Poland, 2022. Edited by P. Kielanowski, A.
Dobrogowska, G. A. Goldin and T. Goli\'nski, Birkh\"{a}user, Cham, Switzerland
2023, pp. 19 -- 29.
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Popular articles for open public (all in Polish)
- [1] What is relativity theory; part 1: Geometrical foundations.
Delta no 5 (1978), p. 6.
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- [2] What is relativity theory; part 2: Experimental tests.
Delta no 6 (1978), p. 4.
link
- [3] Relativity of simultaneity. Delta no 12 (1979), p. 10.
link
- [4] Inertial forces. Delta no 3 (1980), p. 10.
link
- [5] The Archimedes law. Delta no 5 (1980), p. 8.
link
- [6] Does Nature use tools? Delta no 8 (1980), p. 12 (same text
later reprinted in the book ``To see differently'', Alfa publishers, Warsaw
1986, p. 69, without my name signed).
link to the Delta article
- [7] How the chemical elements came into being; part 1. Urania
60 no 9, 258 (1989).
link to both parts
- [8] How the chemical elements came into being; part 2. Urania
60 no 10, 290 (1989) (see link above).
- [9] Tidal forces on the Earth and in the Solar System. Delta
no 11 (1991), p. 1.
link
- [10] Physics in an inhomogeneous Universe. Urania - Postępy
Astronomii 41 no 1, 29 (1993).
link
- [11] Gravitational lenses. Delta no 7 (1995), p. 1.
link
- [12] More on gravitational lenses. Urania - Postępy
Astronomii 43 no 3, 124 (1995).
link
- [13] Gravitational radiation. Urania - Postępy Astronomii
44 no 1, 124 (1996).
link
- [14] What is a black hole. Urania - Postępy Astronomii
71 no 2, 58 (2000).
link
- [15] Theory of relativity -- what is it and what is it used for?
Urania - Postępy Astronomii 73 no 5, 196 (2002).
link
- [16] Behind the cosmic event horizon. Urania - Postępy
Astronomii 75 no 1, 6 (2004).
link
- [17] Progress in cosmology after 1974 [the year that Delta was
founded]. Delta no 1 (2016), p. 15.
link
Other popular texts
- [1] Dictionary of geophysics, astrophysics and astronomy. Edited by
R. A. Matzner. CRC Press, Boca Raton, London, New York, Washington D. C., 2001.
Joint work of 51 authors, I contributed 68 definitions.
Short popular notes (all in Polish)
- [1] Praise to precision. Delta no 1 (1980), p. 2.
link to all the short notes
- [2] Nobel for the diligent. Delta no 1 (1980), p. 4.
- [3] Praise to imprecision. Delta no 1 (1980), p. 6.
- [4] What do we like less. Delta no 1 (1980), p. 9.
- [5] Praise to restraint. Delta no 1 (1980), p. 11.
- [6] [A problem to solve] Delta no 1 (1980), p. 13.
- [7] [Three problems to solve] Delta no 3 (1980), p. 4.
- [8] When I was a fish. Delta no 8 (1980), p. 17.
Other short notes
- [1] Second-hand abstracts. Phys. Today 31 no 3, 15 (1978).
Texts on science policy matters
- [1] University rankings smarten up (includes a translation
from Nature 464, no 7285, pp. 7--8 and 16--17, 4 March 2010).
Postępy Fizyki 63, 32 (2012).
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Book reviews
- [1] Michał Heller, The evolution of cosmos and of cosmology (in Polish).
Postępy Fizyki 35, 436 (1984).
link
- [2] Michał Heller, Theoretical foundations of cosmology (in Polish).
Postępy Fizyki 42, 105 (1991).
link
- [3] Stephen Hawking, Black holes and baby Universes (in Polish).
Postępy Fizyki 45, 603 (1994).
link
- [4] Stephen Hawking, A brief history of time (in Polish).
Postępy Fizyki 45, 605 (1994).
link
- [5] Hans Ohanian and Remo Ruffini, Gravitation and spacetime.
Classical and Quantum Gravity 12, 2361 (1995).
link
- [6] James Reston, Galileo (in Polish). Postępy Fizyki 50,
211 (1999).
link
- [7] Ernan McMullin (ed.), The Church and Galileo; Maurice
Finocchiaro, Retrying Galileo; both books reviewed (in Polish) in one article
in Urania - Postępy Astronomii 77 no 4, 148 (2006).
link
Translations from foreign languages to Polish
- [1] Research on thermonuclear fusion at the Max Planck Plasma
Physics Institute (by B. R"othlein, translated from English, from submitted
manuscript). Delta no 11 (1980), p. 6.
link
- [2] Electromagnetic detectors of gravitational waves (by L.
Grishchuk and M. Sazhin, translated from Russian, from submitted manuscript).
Delta no 3 (1981), p. 4.
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- [3] Metaflation? (by G. F. R. Ellis and T. Rothman, translated from
English, from a Univ. of Cape Town preprint). Postępy Fizyki 38,
511 (1987); same text: Postępy Astronomii 35, 169 (1987).
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Unpublished research papers
- [1] The Universe that can open up or close. Paper awarded the
``honorable mention'' award in the 1981 Gravity Research Foundation Competition
(with such a low distinction, I decided not to publish the paper, and never did).
link
- [2] Irregular cosmological models. Summary of the habilitation work,
submitted for promotion to Associate Professor (1983).
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