Neutron stars, black holes and gravitational waves /

Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, published in 1915, made a remarkable prediction: gravitational radiation. Just like light (electromagnetic radiation), gravity could travel through space as a wave and affect any objects it encounters by alternately compressing and expanding them....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kolata, J. J. (James J.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2019]
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 6.
IOP concise physics.
Temas:
Gravitational waves.
Black holes (Astronomy)
Neutron stars.
Astrophysics.
SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Waves
  • 3. The Special Theory of Relativity
  • 4. The General Theory of Relativity
  • 4.1. Gravitational radiation
  • 5. The life of massive stars
  • 5.1. Neutron stars
  • 6. Black holes
  • 6.1. Some properties of black holes
  • 6.2. The thermodynamics of black holes
  • 6.3. Hawking radiation
  • 6.4. The singularity at the center of a black hole
  • 7. Gravitational waves (the early years)
  • 7.1. Gravitational waves (indirect detection)
  • 8. The LIGO project
  • 9. Gravity wave astronomy.

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