Detecting the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background. Carlo Nicola Colacino
Физика. IOP Concise Physics
Detecting the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background
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isbn 9781681741468
Автор произведения Carlo Nicola Colacino
Жанр Физика
Серия IOP Concise Physics
Издательство Ingram
The stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) is by far the most difficult source of gravitational radiation detect. At the same time, it is the most interesting and intriguing one. This book describes the initial detection of the SGWB and describes the underlying mathematics behind one of the most amazing discoveries of the 21st century. On the experimental side it would mean that interferometric gravitational wave detectors work even better than expected. On the observational side, such a detection could give us information about the very early Universe, information that could not be obtained otherwise. Even negative results and improved upper bounds could put constraints on many cosmological and particle physics models.