Gravitational-wave physics and astronomy : an introduction to theory, experiment and data analysis /

• Main Author: Creighton, Jolien D. E. (Jolien Donald Earl), 1971-
• Other Authors: Anderson, Warren G., 1963-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH, [2011]
• Series: Wiley series in cosmology.
• Subjects: Gravitational waves.; Astrophysics.; SCIENCE > Astronomy.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Prologue
• 2. A brief review of general relativity
• 3. Gravitational waves
• 4. Beyond the Newtonian limit
• 5. Sources of gravitational radiation
• 6. Gravitational-wave detectors
• 7. Gravitational-wave data analysis
• 8. Epilogue: Gravitational-wave astronomy and astrophysics
• A. Gravitational-wave detector data
• B. Post-Newtonian binary inspiral waveform.