GRAVITATIONAL WAVE EXPERIMENTS - PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST EDOARDO AMALDI CONFERENCE: Villa Tuscolana, Frascati, Rome 14-17 June 1994: 1 (EDOARDO AMALDI FOUNDATION SERIES) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9810220189 ISBN 13: 9789810220181

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein over 75 years ago. Their detection is one of the great challenges of contemporary experimental physics. This Conference intended to honour Edoardo Amaldi for his role in this research and brought together scientists engaged all over the world in gravitational wave experiments with resonant mass, interferometers and space detectors. The book gives a broad view of the detectors presently in operation and of the new generation of interferometric and resonant mass detectors now being built or under design. The book also contains lectures on neutrino telescopes and γ ray bursts observations, underlying the role of coincidence experiments among different detectors in opening new windows on the Universe.

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This conference honours Edoardo Amaldi for promoting and actively participating in gravitational wave research. It brings together scientists engaged in research both with gravitational wave antennas and neutrino telescopes. Special emphasis is placed on the recent developments of resonant cryogenic antennas. The very nature of gravitational wave research requires that the various experiments in the world be considered as part of one world-wide project. This meets both the needs for reducing noise by coincidence techniques and for implementing a network of several widely spaced antennas to determine the polarization, direction and speed of propagation of gravitational waves.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9810220189
• ISBN 13: 9789810220181
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Coccia E, Pizzella G, Ronga F