Gravitational-Wave Astronomy: Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe 1st Nils Andersson

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0198568037
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198568032
• Author(s): Nils Andersson

This book is an introduction to gravitational waves and related astrophysics. It provides a bridge across the range of astronomy, physics and cosmology that comes into play when trying to understand the gravitational-wave sky. Starting with Einstein’s theory of gravity, chapters develop the key ideas step by step, leading up to the technology that finally caught these faint whispers from the distant universe. The second part of the book makes a direct connection with current research, introducing the relevant language and making the involved concepts less “mysterious”. The book is intended to work as a platform, low enough that anyone with an elementary understanding of gravitational waves can scramble onto it, but at the same time high enough to connect readers with active research – and the many exciting discoveries that are happening right now.

The first part of the book introduces the key ideas, following a general overview chapter and including a brief reminder of Einstein’s theory. This part can be taught as a self-contained one semester course. The second part of the book is written to work as a collection of “set pieces” with core material that can be adapted to specific lectures and additional material that provide context and depth.

Table contents:

Chapter 1: Opening the window
Part 1: From theory to experiment
Chapter 2: A brief survey of general relativity
Chapter 3: Gravitational waves
Chapter 4: From black holes to stars and the Universe at large
Chapter 5: Binary inspiral
Chapter 6: Spinning stars and cosmic recycling
Chapter 7: Catching the wave
Chapter 8: Mining the data
Part 2: The dark side of the universe
Chapter 9: The stellar graveyard
Chapter 10: Testing relativity
Chapter 11: Beyond Newton
Chapter 12: Towards the extreme
Chapter 13: From oscillations to instabilities
Chapter 14: Building mountains
Chapter 15: The r-mode instability
Chapter 16: Black-hole dynamics
Chapter 17: Spinning black holes
Chapter 18: Relativistic asteroseismology
Chapter 19: Colliding black holes
Chapter 20: Cosmic fireworks
Chapter 21: Anatomy of a merger
Chapter 22: Whispers from the Big Bang
Apologies and thanks
References
Index

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