Detecting the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background (eBook)

Carlo Nicola Colacino (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
Morgan & Claypool Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-68174-146-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) is by far the most difficult source of gravitational radiation detect. At the same time, it is the most interesting and intriguing one. This book describes the initial detection of the SGWB and describes the underlying mathematics behind one of the most amazing discoveries of the 21st century. On the experimental side it would mean that interferometric gravitational wave detectors work even better than expected. On the observational side, such a detection could give us information about the very early Universe, information that could not be obtained otherwise. Even negative results and improved upper bounds could put constraints on many cosmological and particle physics models.

Inhalt

Table of Contents: Preface / Acknowledgements / Author biography / 1. A brief history of gravitational radiation / 2. General theoretical considerations about the cosmological SGWB / 3. SGWB generation and source detection / 4. Astrophysical sources

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.12.2017
• Reihe/Serie: IOP Concise Physics
• Reihe/Serie: ISSN
• Zusatzinfo: With figures in colour and in black and white
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: gravitational radiation, SGWB, early universe, general relativity, cosmological SGWB, gravitational waves, detecting gravitational waves
• ISBN-10: 1-68174-146-6 / 1681741466
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68174-146-8 / 9781681741468