Autorentext

Cole Miller received his PhD in physics in 1990 from the California Institute of Technology. After postdoctoral appointments at the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago, he has been a professor of astronomy at the University of Maryland since 1999. His research has focused on the astrophysics of black holes, neutron stars, and gravitational waves.

Klappentext

This book introduces gravitational waves to advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students, focusing on what gravitational waves are and how they are produced, as well as how they can be used to learn about astrophysical phenomena and cosmological observations, to investigate the interior of neutron stars, and to test general relativity when black holes and neutron stars collide.