TY - BOOK ID - 80815659 TI - Advanced gravitational wave detectors PY - 2012 SN - 9781139231978 1139231979 9781139046916 1139046918 9780521874298 0521874297 9781139233514 1139233513 1107225868 9781107225862 1280393742 9781280393747 9786613571663 6613571660 1139232738 9781139232739 1139230506 9781139230506 1139229060 9781139229067 PB - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Astronomical instruments. KW - Gravitational waves KW - Laser interferometers. KW - Gravimeters (Geophysical instruments) KW - Gravimeter (Geophysical instrument) KW - Gravity balances KW - Gravity meters KW - Geophysical instruments KW - Laser interferometer KW - Interferometers KW - Astronomy KW - Instruments, Astronomical KW - Optical instruments KW - Physical instruments KW - Scientific apparatus and instruments KW - Space optics KW - Detection KW - Instruments. KW - Instruments KW - Gravitational radiation KW - Gravity waves (Astrophysics) KW - General relativity (Physics) KW - Gravitational fields KW - Radiation KW - Waves KW - Measurement UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80815659 AB - After decades of research, physicists now know how to detect Einstein's gravitational waves. Advanced gravitational wave detectors, the most sensitive instruments ever created, will be almost certain of detecting the births of black holes throughout the Universe. This book describes the physics of gravitational waves and their detectors. The book begins by introducing the physics of gravitational wave detection and the likely sources of detectable waves. Case studies on the first generation of large scale gravitational wave detectors introduce the technology and set the scene for a review of the experimental issues in creating advanced detectors in which the instrument's sensitivity is limited by Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. The book covers lasers, thermal noise, vibration isolation, interferometer control and stabilisation against opto-acoustic instabilities. This is a valuable reference for graduate students and researchers in physics and astrophysics entering this field. ER -