ABSTRACT

Although gravity is the dominant force of nature at large distances (from intermediate scales to the Hubble length), it is the weakest of forces in particle physics, though it is believed to become important again at very short scales (the Planck length). The conditions created in particle accelerators are similar to those at the time of the early

chapter 2|9 pages

Elements of gravitational waves

chapter 3|19 pages

Gravitational-wave detectors

chapter 5|8 pages

Waves and energy

chapter 6|13 pages

Mass- and current-quadrupole radiation

chapter 7|20 pages

Source calculations

chapter 11|29 pages

Detection of scalar gravitational waves

chapter 12|30 pages

Generalities on the stochastic GW background

chapter 13|34 pages

Sources of SGWB

chapter 14|23 pages

Infinite-dimensional symmetries in gravity

chapter 15|12 pages

Gyroscopes and gravitational waves

chapter 18|48 pages

Numerical relativity