Detecting the stochastic gravitational-wave background /

• Main Author: Colacino, Carlo Nicola (συγγραφέας.)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: San Rafael [Καλιφόρνια] : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2017.
• Series: IOP concise physics.
• Subjects: Βαρυτικά κύματα

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...

Table of Contents:

• 1. A brief history of gravitational radiation
• 1.1. Introduction
• 1.2. Sources of gravitational radiation
• 1.3. Gravitational waves from general relativity
• 1.4. Background reading
• 2. General theoretical considerations about the cosmological SGWB
• 2.1. The SGWB and its detectability
• 3. SGWB generation and source detection
• 3.1. Topological defects
• 3.2. Strings
• 3.3. Inflation
• 3.4. String cosmology
• 4. Astrophysical sources
• 4.1. Conclusions.