Detecting the stochastic gravitational-wave background / Carlo Nicola Colacino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colacino, Carlo Nicola, author.

Contributor:

Morgan & Claypool Publishers, publisher.

Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

IOP (Series). Release 4.

IOP concise physics

[IOP release 4]

IOP concise physics, 2053-2571

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gravitational waves.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (various pagings) : color illustrations.

Distribution:

Bristol [England] : IOP Publishing, [2017]

Place of Publication:

San Rafael [California] : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2017]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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text file

Biography/History:

Carlo Nicola Colacino currently holds a research position at INFN (Italian National Institute for Nuclear physics). He received his PhD from the University of Cagliari in 2001 under the supervision of Massimo Bianchi. He has conducted research at the Max-Planck-Institut for Gravitational Physics, the University of Birmingham, and the Research Institute for Nuclear and Particle Physics in Hungary. His main interest lies in gravitational-wave physics, both by studying possible sources and by participating in the LIGO Scientific Collaboration's data analysis efforts.

Summary:

The stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) is by far the most difficult source of gravitational radiation detect. At the same time, it is the most interesting and intriguing one. This book describes the initial detection of the SGWB and describes the underlying mathematics behind one of the most amazing discoveries of the 21st century. On the experimental side it would mean that interferometric gravitational wave detectors work even better than expected. On the observational side, such a detection could give us information about the very early Universe, information that could not be obtained otherwise. Even negative results and improved upper bounds could put constraints on many cosmological and particle physics models.

Contents:

1. A brief history of gravitational radiation

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Sources of gravitational radiation

1.3. Gravitational waves from general relativity

1.4. Background reading

2. General theoretical considerations about the cosmological SGWB

2.1. The SGWB and its detectability

3. SGWB generation and source detection

3.1. Topological defects

3.2. Strings

3.3. Inflation

3.4. String cosmology

4. Astrophysical sources

4.1. Conclusions.

Notes:

"Version: 20171201"--Title page verso.

"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 11, 2018).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781681740829

9781681742106

OCLC:

1019445691

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