The sounds of the cosmos : gravitational waves and the birth of multi-messenger astronomy / Mario Diaz, Gabriela Gonzalez, and Jorge Pullin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Díaz, Mario (Mario Claudio), author.

González, Gabriela, 1965- author.

Pullin, Jorge, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gravitational waves.

Gravitational waves--Detection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]

Summary:

"A comprehensive insider's account of the discovery of gravitational waves, including insights on the physics theory and the critical LIGO technology that made it possible"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Gravity from the ancient Greeks to Newton

2. Einstein's special theory of relativity

3 The general theory of relativity

4. Gravitational waves : their long and difficult history

5. The life and death of stars

6. Astrophysical sources of gravitational radiation

7. Numerical relativity

8. A brief history of terrestrial gravitational wave detectors

9. The technology of LIGO

10. At last: detections

and many!

11. The birth of GW multi-messenger astronomy

12. The future.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

0-262-37279-7

0-262-37278-9

OCLC:

1348935584