GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION, LUMINOUS BLACK HOLES AND GAMMA-RAY BURST SUPERNOVAE by Maurice H. P. M. van Putten ( 9780521143615 )

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GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION, LUMINOUS BLACK HOLES AND GAMMA-RAY BURST SUPERNOVAE

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Maurice H. P. M. van Putten

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

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30 April, 2010

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328

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A comprehensive overview for graduates of the theories of this contemporary development in physics.

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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.

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66 b/w illus. 7 tables

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