Quasi-Normal Modes of Stars and Black Holes

Perturbations of stars and black holes have been one of the main topics of relativistic astrophysics for the last few decades. They are of particular importance today, because of their relevance to gravitational wave astronomy. In this review we present the theory of quasi-normal modes of compact ob...

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Main Authors: Kokkotas Kostas, Schmidt Bernd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 1999-01-01
Series:Living Reviews in Relativity
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Online Access:http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-1999-2