Gravitational Waves

Herausgeber: Ciufolini, I.; Fre, P.; Moschella, U.; Gorini, V.

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Produktbeschreibung

Gravitational wave (GW) astronomy is expected to bring a revolution in our knowledge of the universe by allowing the observation of previously unseen phenomena, such as the coalescence of compact objects (neutron stars and black holes), the fall of stars into supermassive black holes, stellar core collapses, and big-bang relics. With a wide range of contributions by leading scientists in the field, Gravitational Waves covers topics such as the basics of GWs, GW detectors, astrophysics of GW sources, numerical applications, and several recent theoretical developments. The material is written at a level suitable for postgraduate students entering the field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780367397609
• ISBN-10: 0367397609
• Artikelnr.: 57782320

Autorenporträt

I. Ciufolini, V. Gorini, U. Moschella, P Fre

Inhaltsangabe

Gravitational waves, theory and experiment (an overview). Part 1
Gravitational waves, sources and detectors (B F Schutz and F Ricci):
Elements of gravitational waves. Gravitational wave detectors. Astrophysics
of gravitational wave sources. Waves and energy. Mass- and
current-quadrupole radiation. Source calculations. Part 2 Gravitational
wave detectors (G Pizzella et al): Resonant detectors for gravitational
waves and their bandwidth. The Earth based large interferometer Virgo and
the low frequency facility. Detection of scalar gravitational waves. Part 3
The stachastic gravitational wave background (D Babusci, et al):
Generalities of stachastic GW background. Sources of SGWB. Part 4
Theoretical developments (H Nicolai et al): Infinite dimensional symmetries
in gravity. Gyroscopes and gravitational waves. Elementary introduction to
pre-big bang cosmology and to the relic graviton background. Post-Newtonian
computation of binary inspiral waveforms. Part 5 Numerical relativity.