LEADER 03806nam 22005175 450 001 9910427692903321 005 20251113200212.0 010 $a981-15-5709-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-15-5709-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000011372955 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-15-5709-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6288063 035 $a(PPN)250213516 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6284439 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011372955 100 $a20200806d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGravitational Waves $eA New Window to the Universe /$fby Ajit Kembhavi, Pushpa Khare 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (XXVI, 161 p. 50 illus., 38 illus. in color.) 311 08$a981-15-5708-X 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Electromagnetic radiation: the key to understanding the universe -- 3. Gravity: Force That Governs the Universe -- 4. Gravitational Waves: the new window to the Universe -- 5. Compact Sources of Gravitational Waves -- 6. Evidence for Gravitational Waves: The Binary Pulsar -- 7. Gravitational Wave Detectors -- 8. Gravitational Wave Detection -- 9. The LIGO-India Project. 330 $aGravitational waves were first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916, a year after the development of his new theory of gravitation known as the general theory of relativity. This theory established gravitation as the curvature of space-time produced by matter and energy. To be discernible even to the most sensitive instruments on Earth, the waves have to be produced by immensely massive objects like black holes and neutron stars which are rotating around each other, or in the extreme situations which prevail in the very early ages of the Universe. This book presents the story of the prediction of gravitational waves by Albert Einstein, the early attempts to detect the waves, the development of the LIGO detector, the first detection in 2016, the subsequent detections and their implications. All concepts are described in some detail, without the use of any mathematics and advanced physics which are needed for a full understanding of the subject. The book also contains description of electromagnetism, Einstein?s special theory and general theory of relativity, white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes and other concepts which are needed for understanding gravitational waves and their effects. Also described are the LIGO detectors and the cutting edge technology that goes into building them, and the extremely accurate measurements that are needed to detect gravitational waves. The book covers these ideas in a simple and lucid fashion which should be accessible to all interested readers. The first detection of gravitational waves was given a lot of space in the print and electronic media. So, the curiosity of the non-technical audience has been aroused about what gravitational waves really are and why they are so important. This book seeks to answer such questions. 606 $aPhysics 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aPhysics and Astronomy 606 $aAstronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences 615 0$aPhysics. 615 0$aAstronomy. 615 14$aPhysics and Astronomy. 615 24$aAstronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences. 676 $a539.754 700 $aKembhavi$b A. K$g(Ajit K.),$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$051758 702 $aKhare$b Pushpa?$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910427692903321 996 $aGravitational Waves$92057023 997 $aUNINA