| View Larger Image | Gravitational Waves: Volume 1: Theory and Experiments | Hardcoverby Michele Maggiore (Author)
| List Price: | $90.00 | | Price: | $72.00 | | You Save: | $18.00 (20%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 13 to 14 days |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Oxford University Press, USA | | Page Count: | 574 Pages | | Publication Date: | November 24, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 495,296th |
|
EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
The aim of this book is to become THE reference text for gravitational-wave physics, covering in detail both the experimental and the theoretical aspects. It is he only existing book on gravitational waves, and it will likely remain unique for its broadeness and scope. It brings the reader to the forefront of present-day research, both theoretical and experimental, assuming no previous knowledge of gravitational-wave physics. Part I of this volume is devoted to the theory of gravitational waves. Here we have rederived - in a coherent way - most of the results that we present, clarifying or streamlining existing derivations. Part II is devoted to a description of experimental GW physics. We discuss in great detail exisiting and planned experiments, as well as data analysis techniques. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 1 review)
|
Excellent by Least Action Hero  5 Stars
December 11, 2007
This text fills a void and will be a standard reference. I am quite happy to see so much great physics of graviational waves assembled coherently in one spot. Both geometrical and field theoretical approaches are given equally thoughful consideration in the theoretical layout (which I am slogging through currently). Recommended for GW researchers and those interesting in GWs.
| |
SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
| Cosmology
by Steven Weinberg (Author)
This book is unique in the detailed, self-contained, and comprehensive treatment that it gives to the ideas and formulas that are used and tested in modern cosmological research. It divides into two parts, each of which provides enough material for a one-semester graduate course. The first part deals chiefly with the isotropic and homogeneous average universe; the second part concentrates on the departures from the average universe. Throughout the book the author presents detailed analytic...
| 
| General Relativity and Gravitational Waves
by J. Weber (Author)
Upper-level undergraduates and graduate students receive a brief but thorough introduction to the foundations of general relativity from a pioneer in the investigation of gravitational waves, who introduces the related Riemannian geometry and tensor calculus, conservation laws, and classic experiments. 1961 edition.
| 
| Introduction to Quantum Effects in Gravity
by Viatcheslav Mukhanov (Author), Sergei Winitzki (Author)
This is the first introductory textbook on quantum field theory in gravitational backgrounds intended for undergraduate and beginning graduate students in the fields of theoretical astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, and string theory. The book covers the basic (but essential) material of quantization of fields in an expanding universe and quantum fluctuations in inflationary spacetime. It also contains a detailed explanation of the Casimir, Unruh, and Hawking effects, and introduces the...
| 
| Einstein's General Theory of Relativity: With Modern Applications in Cosmology
by Øyvind Grøn (Author), Sigbjorn Hervik (Author)
The book introduces the general theory of relativity and includes applications to cosmology. The book contains a thorough introduction to tensor calculus and curved manifolds. After the necessary mathematical tools are introduced, we give a thorough presentation of the theory of relativity. Also, some advanced topics not previously covered by textbooks; e.g. Kaluza-Klein theory, Israel's formalism and branes. Anisotropic cosmological models are also included. The book...
| 
| A First Course in General Relativity
by Bernard Schutz (Author)
Clarity, readability and rigor combine in the second edition of this widely-used textbook to provide the first step into general relativity for undergraduate students with a minimal background in mathematics. Topics within relativity that fascinate astrophysical researchers and students alike are covered with Schutz's characteristic ease and authority - from black holes to gravitational lenses, from pulsars to the study of the Universe as a whole. This edition now contains discoveries by...
|
|
|
