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Gravitational Waves = A New Window to the Universe /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Gravitational Waves/ by Ajit Kembhavi, Pushpa Khare.
其他題名:	A New Window to the Universe /
作者:	Kembhavi, Ajit.
其他作者:	Khare, Pushpa.
面頁冊數:	XXVI, 161 p. 50 illus., 38 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
標題:	Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics. -
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5709-5
ISBN:	9789811557095

Gravitational Waves = A New Window to the Universe /
Kembhavi, Ajit.

Gravitational WavesA New Window to the Universe /[electronic resource] :by Ajit Kembhavi, Pushpa Khare. - 1st ed. 2020. - XXVI, 161 p. 50 illus., 38 illus. in color.online resource.

1. Introduction -- 2. Electromagnetic radiation: the key to understanding the universe -- 3. Gravity: Force That Governs the Universe -- 4. Gravitational Waves: the new window to the Universe -- 5. Compact Sources of Gravitational Waves -- 6. Evidence for Gravitational Waves: The Binary Pulsar -- 7. Gravitational Wave Detectors -- 8. Gravitational Wave Detection -- 9. The LIGO-India Project.

Gravitational waves were first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916, a year after the development of his new theory of gravitation known as the general theory of relativity. This theory established gravitation as the curvature of space-time produced by matter and energy. To be discernible even to the most sensitive instruments on Earth, the waves have to be produced by immensely massive objects like black holes and neutron stars which are rotating around each other, or in the extreme situations which prevail in the very early ages of the Universe. This book presents the story of the prediction of gravitational waves by Albert Einstein, the early attempts to detect the waves, the development of the LIGO detector, the first detection in 2016, the subsequent detections and their implications. All concepts are described in some detail, without the use of any mathematics and advanced physics which are needed for a full understanding of the subject. The book also contains description of electromagnetism, Einstein’s special theory and general theory of relativity, white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes and other concepts which are needed for understanding gravitational waves and their effects. Also described are the LIGO detectors and the cutting edge technology that goes into building them, and the extremely accurate measurements that are needed to detect gravitational waves. The book covers these ideas in a simple and lucid fashion which should be accessible to all interested readers. The first detection of gravitational waves was given a lot of space in the print and electronic media. So, the curiosity of the non-technical audience has been aroused about what gravitational waves really are and why they are so important. This book seeks to answer such questions.

ISBN: 9789811557095

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-981-15-5709-5doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

768900
Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.

LC Class. No.: QC1-999

Dewey Class. No.: 530

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