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Gravitational-wave astronomy : exploring the dark side of the Universe /

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This introduction to gravitational waves and related astrophysics provides a bridge across the range of astronomy, physics and cosmology that comes into play when trying to understand the gravitational-wave sky. Key ideas are developed step by step, leading up to the technology that caught these fai...

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Main Author: Andersson, Nils, (Astrophysicist) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford graduate texts.
Subjects:
Gravitational waves.
Astronomy.
Astronomy
Ondes gravitationnelles.
Astronomie.
astronomy.
Gravitational waves
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
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  • part 1. From Theory to Experiment. A brief survey of general relativity ; Gravitational waves ; From black holes to stars and the universe at large ; Binary inspiral ; Spinning stars and cosmic recycling ; Catching the wave ; Mining the data
  • part 2. The Dark Side of the Universe. The stellar graveyard ; Testing relativity ; Beyond Newton ; Towards the extreme ; From oscillations to instabilities ; Building mountains ; The r-mode instability ; Black-hole dynamics ; Spinning black holes ; Relativistic astroseismology ; Colliding black holes ; Cosmic fireworks ; Anatomy of a merger ; Whispers from the Big Bang.