This book serves as a textbook for senior undergraduate students who are learning the subject of general relativity and gravitational waves for the first time. Both authors have been teaching the course in various forms for a few decades and have designed the book as a one stop book at basic level including derivations and exercises. A spectacular prediction of general relativity is gravitational waves. Gravitational waves were first detected by the LIGO detectors in 2015, hundred years after their prediction. Both authors are part of the LIGO Science Collaboration and were authors on the discovery paper. Therefore, a strong motivation for this book is to provide the essential concepts of general relativity theory and gravitational waves with their modern applications to students and to researchers who are new to the multi-disciplinary field of gravitational wave astronomy. One of the advanced topics covered in this book is the fundamentals of gravitational wave data analysis, filling a gap in textbooks on general relativity. The topic blends smoothly with other chapters in the book not only because of the common area of research, but it uses similar differential geometric and algebraic tools that are used in general relativity.
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- Target Audience and Educational Purpose: This book is designed as a comprehensive textbook for senior undergraduate students who are learning general relativity and gravitational waves for the first time, incorporating basic derivations and exercises.
What is the primary purpose of this book on general relativity and gravitational waves?
The primary purpose of this book is to serve as a comprehensive textbook for senior undergraduate students learning about general relativity and gravitational waves for the first time, providing fundamental concepts, derivations, exercises, and modern applications.
