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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Gravitational Radiation, Luminous Black Holes and Gamma-Ray Burst Supernovae provides a comprehensive overview of the theory of gravitational radiation and rotating black holes, and the phenomenology of GRB-supernovae. It is ideal for graduate students of gravitational-wave astronomy and as an introduction to those interested in this contemporary development in physics.
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Professor Maurice H. P. M. van Putten is a theoretical astrophysicist at the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) at MIT.
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The book offers an unusual bridge between astrophysics and advanced general relativity especially in the debated field of gamma ray bursts. Junior scientists will need to refer to more basic references for the comprehension of some paragraphs.
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General relativity endows spacetime with a causal structure described by observer-invariant light cones. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
centered nucleation, torus magnetosphere, nonaxisymmetric torus, hole spin energy, transverse magnetohydrodynamics, magnetized torus, right nullvectors, black hole luminosity, horizon flux, high specific angular momentum, torus winds, accretion state, relativistic magnetohydrodynamics, afterglow emissions, slow magnetosonic waves, kick velocities, burst supernovae, radiation channels, hyperbolic formulation, shock jump conditions, black hole spin, extragalactic jets, beaming factor, geometrical units, polytropic equation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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General relativity endows spacetime with a causal structure described by observer-invariant light cones. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
centered nucleation, torus magnetosphere, nonaxisymmetric torus, hole spin energy, transverse magnetohydrodynamics, magnetized torus, right nullvectors, black hole luminosity, horizon flux, high specific angular momentum, torus winds, accretion state, relativistic magnetohydrodynamics, afterglow emissions, slow magnetosonic waves, kick velocities, burst supernovae, radiation channels, hyperbolic formulation, shock jump conditions, black hole spin, extragalactic jets, beaming factor, geometrical units, polytropic equation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Partial Differential Equations (AMS Chelsea Publishing) by Paul R. Garabedian in Back Matter
- The Search for Truth by Eric Temple Bell on page 1
- Relativistic Astrophysics, 2: The Structure and Evolution of the Universe by Ya. B. Zel'dovich in Back Matter
- Gravitation and Spacetime (Second Edition) by Hans C. Ohanian in Front Matter
- Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursters (Lecture Notes in Physics) by Kurt Weiler in Back Matter
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