GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION, LUMINOUS BLACK HOLES AND GAMMA-RAY BURST SUPERNOVAE
Language: English
Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005
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".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." Tall octavo: 308 p. with numerous textual figures. Original glossy boards; issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.
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- Title
- GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION, LUMINOUS BLACK HOLES AND GAMMA-RAY BURST SUPERNOVAE
- Author
- van Putten, Maurice H.P.M.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0521849608
- ISBN 13
- 9780521849609
- Edition
- First Edition.
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