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Author Andersson, Nils, (Astrophysicist), author

Title Gravitational-wave astronomy : exploring the dark side of the Universe / Nils Andersson, Mathematical Sciences and STAG Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Edition First edition
Published Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 665 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Oxford graduate texts
Oxford graduate texts.
Contents Opening the window -- part 1. From Theory to Experiment. A brief survey of general relativity ; Gravitational waves ; From black holes to stars and the universe at large ; Binary inspiral ; Spinning stars and cosmic recycling ; Catching the wave ; Mining the data -- part 2. The Dark Side of the Universe. The stellar graveyard ; Testing relativity ; Beyond Newton ; Towards the extreme ; From oscillations to instabilities ; Building mountains ; The r-mode instability ; Black-hole dynamics ; Spinning black holes ; Relativistic astroseismology ; Colliding black holes ; Cosmic fireworks ; Anatomy of a merger ; Whispers from the Big Bang
Summary This introduction to gravitational waves and related astrophysics provides a bridge across the range of astronomy, physics and cosmology that comes into play when trying to understand the gravitational-wave sky. Key ideas are developed step by step, leading up to the technology that caught these faint whispers from the distant universe
"This book provides an introduction to gravitational-wave astronomy and a survey of the physics required to understand recent breakthrough discoveries and the potential of future experiments. The material is aimed at advanced undergraduates or postgraduate students. It works as an introduction to the relevant issues and brings the reader to the level where it connects with current research. The book provides interested astronomers with an understanding of this new window to the Universe, including a relatively self-contained summary of Einstein's geometric theory of gravity. It introduces gravitational-wave data analysts to the range of physics issues that impact on the modelling of different sources. The material also connects with fundamental physics, which is natural since gravitational-wave signals from neutron stars may help constrain our understanding of matter at extreme densities, helping nuclear and particle physicists appreciate how their models fit into the bigger picture."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 627-659) and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Scholarship online, viewed June 23, 2020)
Subject Gravitational waves.
Astronomy.
Astronomy
astronomy.
Astronomy
Gravitational waves
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780192579157
0192579150
9780191878077
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