Maggiore M. Gravitational Waves. Volume 2 Astrophysics and Cosmology

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. — 823 p.The two-volume book Gravitational Waves provides a comprehensive and detailed account of the physics of gravitational waves. While Volume 1 is devoted to the theory and experiments, Volume 2 discusses what can be learned from gravitational waves in astrophysics and in cosmology, by systematizing a large body of theoretical developments that have taken place over the last decades. The second volume also includes a detailed discussion of the first direct detections of gravitational waves. In the author's typical style, the theoretical results are generally derived afresh, clarifying or streamlining the existing derivations whenever possible, and providing a coherent and consistent picture of the field.
The first volume of Gravitational Waves , which appeared in 2007, has established itself as the standard reference in the field. The scientific community has eagerly awaited this second volume. The recent direct detection of gravitational waves makes the topics in this book particularly timely.Astrophysical Sources of GWs
Stellar collapse
Neutron stars
Black-hole perturbation theory
Properties of dynamical space-times
GWs from coalescing compact binaries. Theory
Cosmology and Gravitational Waves
Basics of FRW cosmology
Helicity decomposition of the metric perturbations
Evolution of cosmological perturbations
The imprint of GWs on the CMB
Inflation and primordial perturbations
Stochastic backgrounds of cosmological origin
Stochastic backgrounds and pulsar timing arrays