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University of North Carolina to discuss the role of gravitation in physics. The program was divided into two broad sections: unquantized and quantized general relativity. The first section included a review of classical relativity, its experimental tests, the initial value problem, gravitational radiation, equations of motion, and unified field theory. The second section included a discussion of the motivation for quantization, the problem of measurement, and the actual techniques for quantization. In both sections the relationship of general relativity to fundamental particles was discussed. In addition there was a session devoted to cosmological questions. A large part of the discussions is reproduced in the present report in an abridged form, followed by a conference summary statement by P. G. Bergmann. The Chapel Hill conference also marked the establishment of the Institute of Field Physics, directed by Bryce and Cécile DeWitt. The conference was the inaugural conference of this institute. --- Sources of the Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge is a series presenting historical documents in a new format which combines the advantages of traditional printed books with those of the digital medium. In each volume a source text relevant for the history of knowledge is reproduced, typically in facsimile, together with an introduction and commentaries reflecting original scholarly work. The volumes are available both as print-on-demand books and as open-access publications on the Internet. The material is freely accessible online at www.edition-open-access.de, supplemented by additional information and interactive features. The original works reproduced in this series are typically rare books or manuscripts that are not readily accessible in libraries.
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Preface
Acknowledgements
The Chapel Hill Conference in Context (Dean Rickles)
The Authors
The Original Chapel Hill Report
Foreword (Cécile DeWitt)
PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONFERENCE
Session I Unquantized General Relativity Chairman: B. S. DeWitt
The Present Position of Classical Relativity Theory and Some of its Problems (John Wheeler)
The Experimental Basis of Einstein's Theory (R. H. Dicke)
Session II Unquantized General Relativity, Continued (Chairman: P. G. Bergmann)
On the Integration of the Einstein Equations (André Lichnerowicz)
Remarks on Global Solutions (C. W. Misner)
Solving The Initial Value Problem Using Cartan Calculus (Y. Fourès)
Some Remarks on Cosmological Models (R. W. Bass and L. Witten)
Session III Unquantized General Relativity, Continued (Chairman: H. Bondi)
Gravitational Waves (L. Marder and Presented by H. Bondi)
Gravitational Field of an Axially Symmetric System (N. Rosen, H. Shamir and Presented by F. Pirani)
The Dynamics of a Lattice Universe (R. W. Lindquist)
Session IV Invited Reports on Cosmology Chairman: F. J. Belinfante
Measurable Quantities that May Enable Questions of Cosmology to be Answered (Thomas Gold)
Radio Astronomical Measurements of Interest to Cosmology (A. E. Lilley)
Session V Unquantized General Relativity, Concluded (Chairman: A. Lichnerowicz)
Measurement of Classical Gravitation Fields (Felix Pirani)
Correspondence in the Generalized Theory of Gravitation (Behram Kursunoglu)
Presentation of Work by T. Taniuchi (Ryoyu Utiyama)
Negative Mass in General Relativity (Hermann Bondi)
Session VI Quantized General Relativity Chairman: J. A. Wheeler
The Problems of Quantizing the Gravitational Field (P. G. Bergmann)
Conceptual Clock Models (H. Salecker)
The Three-Field Problem (F. J. Belinfante)
Session VII Quantized General Relativity, Continued Chairman: A. Schild
Quantum Gravidynamics (Bryce DeWitt)
Session VIII Quantized General Relativity, Concluded Chairman: V. Bargmann
The Possibility of Gravitational Quantization
The Necessity of Gravitational Quantization
Closing Session Chairman: B. S. DeWitt
Divergences in Quantized General Relativity (S. Deser)
Critical Comments (R. P. Feynman)
Summary of Conference (P. G. Bergmann)
An Expanded Version of the Remarks by R.P. Feynman
on the Reality of Gravitational Waves
