Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy: An Introduction to Theory, Experiment and Data Analysis

by Jolien D. E. Creighton, Warren G. Anderson

Overview

This most up-to-date, one-stop reference combines coverage of both theory and observational techniques, with introductory sections to bring all readers up to the same level. Written by outstanding researchers directly involved with the scientific program of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), the book begins with a brief review of general relativity before going on to describe the physics of gravitational waves and the astrophysical sources of gravitational radiation. Further sections cover gravitational wave detectors, data analysis, and the outlook of gravitational wave astronomy and astrophysics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783527636044
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/09/2012
Series:	Wiley Series in Cosmology
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	381
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Jolien D. E. Creighton is an Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin?Milwaukee and a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, which he joined in 1998. He received his doctoral degree at the University of Waterloo where he studied the thermodynamical properties of black holes.

Warren G. Anderson is a scientist at the University of Wisconsin?Milwaukee and a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, which he joined in 1998. He received his doctorate at the University of Alberta under Werner Israel, where he worked on Black Hole physics, and has also held a tenure track position at The University of Texas at Brownsville. He also received Master's degrees in Medical Physics (University of Alberta) and Applied Mathematics (University of Waterloo).

Table of Contents

Introduction
Prologue: Tides in Newton's gravity/Relativity
1. A brief review of General Relativity
2. Gravitational waves
3. Beyond the Newtonian limit
4. Sources of gravitational radiation
5. Gravitational wave detectors
6. Gravitational wave data analysis
Epilogue: Gravitational wave astronomy and astrophysics
A. Gravitational wave detector data
B. Post-Newtonian Binary Inspiral Waveform