Gravitational Waves : An Overview / by David M. Feldbaum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feldbaum, David M., Author.

Series:

Synthesis Lectures on Wave Phenomena in the Physical Sciences, 2690-2354

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering.

Engineering mathematics.

Engineering—Data processing.

Technology and Engineering.

Mathematical and Computational Engineering Applications.

Local Subjects:

Technology and Engineering.

Mathematical and Computational Engineering Applications.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIII, 159 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2020.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.

Summary:

Gravitational wave (GW) research is one of the most rapidly developing subfields in experimental physics today. The theoretical underpinnings of this endeavor trace to the discussions of the "speed of gravity" in the 18th century, but the modern understanding of this phenomena was not realized until the middle of the 20th century. The minuteness of the gravitational force means that the effects associated with GWs are vanishingly small. To detect the GWs produced by the most enormously energetic sources in the universe, humans had to build devices capable of measuring the tiniest amounts of forces and displacements. This book delves into the exploration of the basics of the theory of GW, their generation, propagation, and detection by various methods. It does not delve into the depths of Einstein's General Relativity, but instead discusses successively closer approximations to the full theory. As a result, the book should be accessible to an ambitious undergraduate student majoring in physics or engineering. It could be read concurrently with standard junior-level textbooks in classical mechanics, and electromagnetic theory.

Contents:

Introduction

The Wave Equation

Waves of What?

Plane Gravitational Waves

Overview

Static Sources and Static Multipoles

Waves from Retarded Potentials

Magnetism and Gravito-Magnetism

Tidal Field as Gravielectric Field

Frame-Drag Field as Gravimagnetic Field

Gravitational Waves in Terms of Tidal and Frame-Drag Fields

Overview of General Relativity

Gravitational Waves and Einstein Equations

Black Holes

Neutron Stars

Early Universe

What Should We Measure?

The Signals

Evidence from Pulsars

Noises

Mechanical Detection

Interferometry

Terrestrial Interferometric Detection

Space-Based Detection

Atomic Gravitational Wave Detectors

Pulsar Timing Array

Polarization of Cosmic Microwave Background

Bibliography

Author's Biography.

ISBN:

9783031026133

3031026136