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Gravitational Wave Astrophysics

Proceedings of the Third Session of the Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics

  • Serves as a reference work on graviatational waves astrophysics

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings (ASSSP, volume 40)

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Table of contents (27 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
  2. Enhancing Gravitational Wave Astronomy with Galaxy Catalogues

    • Xilong Fan, Christopher Messenger, Ik Siong Heng
    Pages 35-42
  3. X, Gamma-Rays, and Gravitational Waves Emission in a Short Gamma-Ray Burst

    • F. G. Oliveira, Jorge A. Rueda, R. Ruffini
    Pages 43-50
  4. Advanced Models of Black Hole–Neutron Star Binaries and Their Astrophysical Impact

    • Zachariah B. Etienne, Vasileios Paschalidis, Stuart L. Shapiro
    Pages 59-74
  5. Gravitational Waves from Rapidly Rotating Neutron Stars

    • Brynmor Haskell, Nils Andersson, Caroline D‘Angelo, Nathalie Degenaar, Kostas Glampedakis, Wynn C. G. Ho et al.
    Pages 85-102
  6. General Relativistic Simulations of Accretion Disks Around Tilted Kerr Black Holes

    • Vassilios Mewes, Pedro J. Montero, Nikolaos Stergioulas, Filippo Galeazzi, José A. Font
    Pages 121-127
  7. Gravitational Wave Verification Sources

    • Mukremin Kilic, Warren R. Brown, J. J. Hermes, A. Gianninas
    Pages 167-173
  8. The Gravitational Wave Emission of White Dwarf Dynamical Interactions

    • Gabriela Aznar-Siguán, Enrique García-Berro, Pablo Lorén-Aguilar
    Pages 175-183
  9. Gravitational Recoil and Astrophysical Impact

    • Ulrich Sperhake
    Pages 185-202
  10. Fully Covariant and Conformal Formulation of the Z4 System Compared to the BSSN Formulation in Spherical Symmetry

    • Nicolas Sanchis-Gual, Pedro J. Montero, José A. Font, Ewald Müller, Thomas W. Baumgarte
    Pages 203-208
  11. Extraction of GWs from a Numerical Simulation

    • Nigel T. Bishop, Luciano Rezzolla
    Pages 209-215
  12. Quasinormal Modes Beyond Kerr

    • Aaron Zimmerman, Huan Yang, Zachary Mark, Yanbei Chen, Luis Lehner
    Pages 217-223

About this book

This book offers review chapters written by invited speakers of the 3rd Session of the Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics - Gravitational Waves Astrophysics. All chapters have been peer reviewed. The book goes beyond normal conference proceedings in that it provides a wide panorama of the astrophysics of gravitational waves and serves as a reference work for researchers in the field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Edifici Nexus, Institut de Ciències de l’Espai (CSIC-IEEC), Barcelona, Spain

    Carlos F. Sopuerta

About the editor

Carlos F. Sopuerta is working at the Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC-IEEC), Barcelona, as a Ramón y Cajal Researcher. His main research interest lies in the new area of Gravitational Wave Astronomy.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Gravitational Wave Astrophysics

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Third Session of the Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics

  • Editors: Carlos F. Sopuerta

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10488-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-10487-4Published: 02 January 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38292-0Published: 24 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-10488-1Published: 15 December 2014

  • Series ISSN: 1570-6591

  • Series E-ISSN: 1570-6605

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 309

  • Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 52 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Cosmology

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Buying options

eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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