Detecting the stochastic gravitational-wave background / Carlo Nicola Colacino.
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ΚείμενοΣειρά: IOP concise physicsΛεπτομέρειες δημοσίευσης: San Rafael [Καλιφόρνια] : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2017.Περιγραφή: 1 ηλεκτρονική πηγή (ποικίλες σελιδαριθμήσεις) : έγχρ. εικISBN: - 9781681740829
- 9781681742106
- 523.82 23
Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφικές παραπομπές.
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.
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 most amazing discoveries of the 21st century. On the experimental side it would mean that interferometric gravitational wave detectors work even better than expected. On the observational side, such a detection could give us information about the very early Universe, information that could not be obtained otherwise. Even negative results and improved upper bounds could put constraints on many cosmological and particle physics models.
