Understanding gravitational waves / C.R. Kitchin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kitchin, C. R. (Christopher R.), author.

Series:

Astronomers' universe 2197-6651

Astronomers' universe, 2197-6651

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gravitational waves.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The birth of a completely new branch of observational astronomy is a rare and exciting occurrence. For a long time, our theories about gravitational wave-proposed by Albert Einstein and others more than a hundred years ago-could never be fully proven, since we lacked the proper technology to do it. That all changed when, on September 14, 2015, instruments at the LIGO Observatory detected gravitational waves for the first time. This book explores the nature of gravitational waves-what they are, where they come from, why they are so significant and why nobody could prove they existed before now. Written in plain language and interspersed with additional explanatory tutorials, it will appeal to lay readers, science enthusiasts, physical science students, amateur astronomers and to professional scientists and astronomers.

Contents:

Chapter 1. 14th September 2015

Chapter 2. Gravity - From 850,000,000 BCE to 1915 CE

Chapter 3. Gravity - From 1915 - through Today - and on towards Tomorrow

Chapter 4. Gravitational Waves - The Long, Long Journey from Half-Seen Chimeras to Highly Studied Certainties

Chapter 5. Gravitational Waves - Origins and Sources

Chapter 6. Gravitational Wave Events - Calling the Roll

Chapter 7. Into the Unknown - the First Years of the Quest for Gravitational Waves

Chapter 8. Eureka! A Beginner's Guide to Making Successful Gravitational Wave Detectors

Chapter 9. Gravitational Waves and their Detectors - Into the Future - and Beyond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 5, 2021).

ISBN:

9783030742072

3030742075

OCLC:

1269096121

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.