Fundamentals Of Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors
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Fundamentals Of Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors

  1. 324 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Fundamentals Of Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors

About this book

Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein over 75 years ago, but have not yet been seen. This book is about the technology of the new generation of interferometric gravitational wave detectors now being built, such as the LIGO (Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory) project in the US. The book aims to make plain how these detectors function, and why it is reasonable to think that gravitational waves may be successfully detected in the next decade.After an introduction to the physical and astronomical aspects of gravitational waves, the book concentrates on explaining the basic principles behind the detectors and discusses the strategies for utilising them. All the required background in astronomy, optics and experimental physics techniques is developed within the text, and anyone with an undergraduate knowledge of physics will be able to follow the arguments presented. The book will be of use not just to physicists and astronomers who wish to acquaint themselves with the subject, but will also prove useful for courses in experimental physics at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels.

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Information

Publisher
World Scientific
Year
1994
Print ISBN
9789810218201
9789810218201
eBook ISBN
9789814350235
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Astronomy & Astrophysics

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Figures
  3. Preface
  4. Chapter 1 THE SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
  5. Chapter 2 THE NATURE OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
  6. Chapter 3 SOURCES OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
  7. Chapter 4 LINEAR SYSTEMS, SIGNALS AND NOISE
  8. Chapter 5 OPTICAL READOUT NOISE
  9. Chapter 6 FOLDED INTERFEROMETER ARMS
  10. Chapter 7 THERMAL NOISE
  11. Chapter 8 SEISMIC NOISE AND VIBRATION ISOLATION
  12. Chapter 9 DESIGN FEATURES OF LARGE INTERFEROMETERS
  13. Chapter 10 NULL INSTRUMENTS
  14. Chapter 11 FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEMS
  15. Chapter 12 AN INTERFEROMETER AS AN ACTIVE NULL INSTRUMENT
  16. Chapter 13 RESONANT MASS GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS
  17. Chapter 14 DETECTING GRAVITATIONAL WAVE SIGNALS
  18. Chapter 15 GRAVITATIONAL WAVE ASTRONOMY
  19. Chapter 16 PROSPECTS
  20. References
  21. Index

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