Gravitational-wave astronomy : exploring the dark side of the Universe
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Publication details: Oxford Oxford 2020Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 665 p. illustrations (colour)ISBN: 9780198568032Subject(s): Gravitational waves | Astronomy | PhysicsCurrent library | Home library | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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IMSc Library | IMSc Library | 523 AND (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 75235 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Opening the window -- 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 -- 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 of the Big Bang.
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