LEADER 03983nam 22005055 450 001 996418168903316 005 20201019155143.0 010 $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(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$b[electronic resource] $eA New Window to the Universe /$fby Ajit Kembhavi, Pushpa Khare 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (XXVI, 161 p. 50 illus., 38 illus. in color.) 311 $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 $aMathematical physics 606 $aPopular Science in Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q29000 606 $aTheoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19005 615 0$aPhysics. 615 0$aMathematical physics. 615 14$aPopular Science in Physics. 615 24$aTheoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics. 676 $a539.754 700 $aKembhavi$b Ajit$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 $a996418168903316 996 $aGravitational Waves$92057023 997 $aUNISA