Gravitational-wave astronomy : exploring the dark side of the Universe / Nils Andersson, Mathematical Sciences and STAG Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andersson, Nils (Astrophysicist), author.

Series:

Oxford graduate texts.

Oxford graduate texts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gravitational waves.

Astronomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2020.

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.

Contents:

Opening the window

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

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 of the Big Bang.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-257915-0

0-19-187807-3