Testing general relativity with gravitational waves

dc.contributor.advisorChairperson, Graduate Committee: Neil J. Cornishen
dc.contributor.authorSampson, Laura Maeen
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-23T17:00:31Z
dc.date.available2014-10-23T17:00:31Z
dc.date.issued2014en
dc.description.abstractIn the next few years, physicists will make the first direct detection of the phenomenon called gravitational waves. These waves, which are propagating perturbations in the metric that describes the geometry of space-time, are Einstein's last unconfirmed prediction. Among the most interesting science we will be able to accomplish with these observations is in the area of testing General Relativity. In this dissertation, I give a brief introduction to General Relativity and gravitational waves, and then spend the bulk of the document explaining how we can test General Relativity using gravitational waves. In particular, I focus on the data analysis techniques that will be necessary for performing such tests.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/3378en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMontana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Scienceen
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2014 by Laura Mae Sampsonen
dc.subject.lcshGeneral relativity (Physics)en
dc.subject.lcshGravitational wavesen
dc.titleTesting general relativity with gravitational wavesen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.catalog.ckey2612410en
thesis.degree.committeemembersMembers, Graduate Committee: Nicolas Yunes; Anton Vorontsov; Shannon Willoughby; Ronald W. Hellingsen
thesis.degree.departmentPhysics.en
thesis.degree.genreDissertationen
thesis.degree.namePhDen
thesis.format.extentfirstpage1en
thesis.format.extentlastpage191en

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