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The shadow of the black hole / John W. Moffat.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moffat, John W., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black holes (Astronomy).
- Gravitational waves.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- The author visits one of the two Laser Interferometer Gravitational- Wave Observatory (LIGO) sites in the United States, at Hanford, Washington. This is where scientists are detecting gravitational waves generated by faraway merging black holes and neutron stars. He meets the people who work there and has discussions with some of them. The director gives him a tour of the LIGO experimental installation, describing the work, the technological details of the apparatus, and answers his questions. On the final day of the visit, the author gives a talk to the LIGO group on gravitational waves and on an alternative gravitational theory.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 29, 2020).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-751738-2
- 0-19-065073-7
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