Stephen R. Taylor

Nanohertz Gravitational Wave Astronomy

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Produktbeschreibung

Nanohertz Gravitational Wave Astronomy explores the exciting hunt for low frequency gravitational waves by using the extraordinary timing precision of pulsars.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780367768621
• ISBN-10: 0367768623
• Artikelnr.: 62798660

Autorenporträt

Stephen R. Taylor is an Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Born and raised in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, he went on to read Physics at Jesus College, Oxford from 2006-2010, and earned his PhD from the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge in 2014. His positions have included a NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and a NANOGrav Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. He currently lives in Nashville with his wife Erika and cat Olive.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A Window onto the Warped Universe. 2. Gravity and Gravitational Waves.
3. Pulsar Timing. 4. Sources and Signals. 5. Data Analysis. 6. Numerical
Bayesian Techniques. 7. The PTA Likelihood. 8. The Past, Present and Future
of PTA's