Gravitational-Wave Astronomy

Autor

Editura

Oxford University Press

An publicare

2019

Nr. Pagini

672

ISBN

9780198568032

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Descriere

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 faint whispers from the distant universe.