ISBN-13: 9789811643057 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 990 str.
ISBN-13: 9789811643057 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 990 str.
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Konstantinos D. Kokkotas is Professor (Chair) of Theoretical Astrophysics, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Tübingen. BSc in mathematics (1981, U. of Thessaloniki), MSc in applied mathematics and astronomy (1985, U. of Wales, Cardiff), PhD in physics (1988, U. of Thessaloniki). From 1990 to 2007, he served in the Physics Department at the University of Thessaloniki as Lecturer, Assistant, and Associate and Full Professor of Relativity. In 2007, he moved to the present position at the University of Tübingen. Since 2010, he has been an adjunct professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, and in 2017, he was elected as honorary professor at the University of Thessaloniki. Professor Kokkotas has supervised over 50 BSc and MSc theses, as well as 14 PhD thesis, and mentored 30 postdoctoral researchers. He has taught general relativity, numerical methods, relativistic astrophysics, classical field theory, and first-year mathematics and physics in both the Universities of Thessaloniki and Tübingen. Professor Kokkotas has served as core member of various international research initiatives (VESF, EU Marie Curie networks, COST actions), PI and spokesperson for the section “Gravitational Waves: Theory and Sources" of the European program “Integrated Large Infrastructure for Astroparticle Physics (ILIAS),” and elected member of national and international scientific societies such as the following: member of the Governing Council of International Society for General Relativity and Cosmology, chairman of the Hellenic Society for General Relativity and Cosmology, member of scientific advisory boards of institutes and departments in various European countries, and managing editor for IJMPD. His research interests are related to theoretical studies of gravitational waves sources with emphasis on the dynamics of neutron stars and black holes. He has published over 200 research articles in refereed journals and more than 20 invited review articles.
This handbook provides an updated comprehensive description of gravitational wave astronomy. In the first part, it reviews gravitational wave experiments, from ground and space based laser interferometers to pulsar timing arrays and indirect detection from the cosmic microwave background. In the second part, it discusses a number of astrophysical and cosmological gravitational wave sources, including black holes, neutron stars, possible more exotic objects, and sources in the early Universe. The third part of the book reviews the methods to calculate gravitational waveforms. The fourth and last part of the book covers techniques employed in gravitational wave astronomy data analysis. This book represents both a valuable resource for graduate students and an important reference for researchers in gravitational wave astronomy.
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