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"This book is an introduction to gravitational waves and related astrophysics. It provides a bridge across the range of astronomy, physics and cosmology that comes into play when trying to understand the gravitational-wave sky. Starting with Einstein's theory of gravity, chapters develop the key ideas step by step, leading up to the technology that finally caught these faint whispers from the distant universe. The second part of the book makes a direct connection with current research, introducing the relevant language and making the involved concepts less mysterious. The book is intended to work as a platform, low enough that anyone with an elementary understanding of gravitational waves can scramble onto it, but at the same time high enough to connect readers with active research - and the many exciting discoveries that are happening right now. The first part of the book introduces the key ideas, following a general overview chapter and including a brief reminder of Einstein's theory. This part can be taught as a self-contained one semester course. The second part of the book is written to work as a collection of ""set pieces"" with core material that can be adapted to specific lectures and additional material that provide context and depth. A range of readers may find this book useful, including graduate students, astronomers looking for basic understanding of the gravitational-wave window to the universe, researchers analysing data from gravitational-wave detectors, and nuclear and particle physicists."

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Author:   Nils Andersson (Professor of Mathematics, Professor of Mathematics, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 25.20cm
Weight:   1.444kg
ISBN:  

9780198568032

ISBN 10:   0198568037
Pages:   688
Publication Date:   28 November 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Opening the window 2: A brief survey of general relativity 3: Gravitational waves 4: From black holes to stars and the universe at large 5: Binary inspiral 6: Spinning stars and cosmic recycling 7: Catching the wave 8: Mining the data 9: The stellar graveyard 10: Testing relativity 11: Beyond Newton 12: Towards the extreme 13: From oscillations to instabilities 14: Building mountains 15: The r-mode instability 16: Black-hole dynamics 17: Spinning black holes 18: Relativistic asteroseismology 19: Colliding black holes 20: Cosmic Fireworks 21: Anatomy of a merger 22: Whispers from the Big Bang

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Nils Andersson is a professor of mathematics and an expert on Einstein's theory of relativity and related astrophysics. His research mainly concerns black holes, neutron stars and gravitational waves. Over the last couple of decades, he has actively pursued many issued relevant to the emerging area of gravitational-wave astronomy. His current work focusses on the extreme physics that neutron stars represent, from the state and composition of matter to the dynamical role of the superfluid and superconducting components expected to be present in the core of a mature neutron star.

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