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Gravitational Radiation, Luminous Black Holes and Gamma-Ray Burst Supernovae

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Gravitational Radiation, Luminous Black Holes and Gamma-Ray Burst Supernovae
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Maurice H. P. M. van Putten
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:328
Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 170
Category/GenreCosmology and the universe
Galaxies and stars
ISBN/Barcode 9780521143615
ClassificationsDewey:523.82
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 10 June 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Black holes and gravitational radiation are two of the most dramatic predictions of general relativity. The quest for rotating black holes - discovered by Roy P. Kerr as exact solutions to the Einstein equations - is one of the most exciting challenges facing physicists and astronomers. Gravitational Radiation, Luminous Black Holes and Gamma-Ray Burst Supernovae takes the reader through the theory of gravitational radiation and rotating black holes, and the phenomenology of GRB-supernovae. Topics covered include Kerr black holes and the frame-dragging of spacetime, luminous black holes, compact tori around black holes, and black-hole spin interactions. It concludes with a discussion of prospects for gravitational-wave detections of a long-duration burst in gravitational-waves as a method of choice for identifying Kerr black holes in the Universe. This book is ideal for a special topics graduate course on gravitational-wave astronomy and as an introduction to those interested in this contemporary development in physics.

Author Biography

Professor Maurice H. P. M. van Putten is a theoretical astrophysicist at the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) at MIT.