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Gravitational waves in physics and astrophysics
1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).
The direct detection of gravitational waves in 2015 has initiated a new era of gravitational wave astronomy, which has already paid remarkable dividends in our understanding of astrophysics and gravitational physics. Aimed at advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this book introduces gravitational waves and its many applications to cosmology, nuclear physics, astrophysics and theoretical physics.
1. Overview of gravitational radiation -- 1.1. Radiation in general -- 1.2. What can generate gravitational radiation? -- 1.3. How can we detect gravitational radiation? -- 1.4. Exercises
2. Sources of gravitational radiation -- 2.1. Compact binaries : general considerations -- 2.2. Nonbinary sources -- 2.3. Exercises
3. Gravitational-wave modeling of binaries -- 3.1. Approximations rule! -- 3.2. Compact binaries -- 3.3. Exercises
4. Gravitational-wave detection and analysis -- 4.1. Noise characterization -- 4.2. Signal characterization -- 4.3. Exercises
5. Gravitational-wave astrophysics -- 5.1. Binaries -- 5.2. Nonbinary sources -- 5.3. Exercises
6. Gravitational-wave cosmology -- 6.1. The bare bones of cosmology -- 6.2. Cosmological sources of gravitational waves -- 6.3. Measuring the universe using gravitational waves -- 6.4. Exercises
7. Gravitational waves and nuclear physics -- 7.1. Basics of neutron stars -- 7.2. How can we learn about the eos? -- 7.3. Exercises
8. Gravitational waves and fundamental physics -- 8.1. What is your profession?! -- 8.2. Generation of gravitational waves in modified gravity -- 8.3. Propagation of gravitational waves in modified gravity -- 8.4. The nature of black holes -- 8.5. Other tests with gravitational waves -- 8.6. Exercises.
This book covers the basics of gravitational waves, including possible sources and implications for strong gravity. It is intended for first-year graduate students and upper-level undergraduates.
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Cole Miller is a Professor of Astronomy at the University of Maryland and a member and former director of the Joint Space-Science Institute. Nicolás Yunes is a Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and founding director of the Illinois Center for Advanced Studies of the Universe.
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