- Title
- Gravitational wave astronomy: a new window to the cosmos a new window to the cosmos
- Creator
- Bishop, Nigel T
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- Text
- Identifier
- vital:581
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018923
- Description
- [Introduction] Since recorded history began, humankind has wondered about, and tried to understand, the Universe. Until about 400 years ago, the only tool available was the naked eye. In 1609 Galileo applied the new invention of the telescope to astronomy, and so opened a window to the cosmos. This window has been getting wider and clearer with every technological improvement. But always the medium bringing information about the Universe has been light, because radio waves, X-rays, gamma-rays etc. are light at different energies, or in other words different colours of light. But that is about to change. In a few years time we will have measured gravitational waves, and so will have opened a new window to the cosmos. And that window is very different to the one open to light in its various forms, because these are all emitted from the surface of an astronomical body. Gravitational waves are caused by the relative motion of matter, and as such are generated primarily in the deep interior of the body.
- Format
- 46 leaves, pdf
- Publisher
- Rhodes University
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Bishop, N.T. (2013) Gravitational Wave Astronomy: a new window to the cosmos. Inaugural Lecture delivered at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 14 August 2013.
- Rights
- CC BY-NC-SA : Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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