Gravitational waves : a new window to the universe

Gravitational waves : a new window to the universe / Ajit Kembhavi, Pushpa Khare.

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 th...

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Main Authors: Kembhavi, A. K. (Ajit K.) (Author), Khare, Pushpa, 1950- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer, [2020]
Subjects:
Gravitational waves.
Mathematical physics.
Relativity physics.
Science > Mathematical Physics.
Science > Relativity.
Gravitational waves
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Electromagnetic radiation : the key to understanding the universe
  • 3. Gravity : the force that governs the universe
  • 4. Gravitational waves : the new window to the universe
  • 5. Compact sources of gravitational waves
  • 6. Evidence for the existence of gravitational waves : the binary pulsar
  • 7. Gravitational wave detectors
  • 8. Gravitational wave detections
  • 9. Future gravitational wave detectors.

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