Note: Intro -- THE BIG CHALLENGE OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES -- THE BIG CHALLENGE OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES -- Contents -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- References -- GRAVITATIONAL WAVES ASTRONOMY: THE ULTIMATE TEST FOR EINSTEIN'S GENERAL RELATIVITY -- Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- References -- MICROSCOPIC QUANTUM OBJECT TO REVEAL GRAVITATIONAL WAVES -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.TwoQuantumStateSuperposition -- 3.TwoClassesofInterferometers -- 4.PhaseShift -- 5.LaserFrequencyFluctuations -- 6.Conclusions -- References -- ANALYTICAL ESTIMATE OF ATMOSPHERIC NEWTONIAN NOISE GENERATED BY ACOUSTIC AND TURBULENT PHENOMENA IN LASER-INTERFEROMETRIC GRAVITATIONAL WAVES DETECTORS -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.GravityGradientNoiseduetoAtmosphericFluctuations:Creighton'sWork -- 3.CalculationofNewtonianNoise -- 4.AcousticPhenomena -- 4.1.PropagationofAcousticWavesinaSemispace -- 5.TurbulentPhenomena -- 5.1.IncompressibleTurbulence:LighthillProcess -- 6.Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- PRIMORDIAL GRAVITATIONAL WAVES AND LEPTOGENESIS -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.SomeTopicsonBaryogenesis -- 2.1.TheSakharovConditions -- 2.2.BaryogenesisviaanEffectiveCPTViolation -- 2.3.LeptogenesisScenario -- 3.LeptogenesisInducedbySpin-GravityCouplingofNeutrinoswiththePrimordialGravitationalWaves -- 3.1.TheDiracEequationinCurvedSpacetime -- 3.2.TheLeptogenesisMechanismfromSpin-gravityCouplingFol-lowingInflation -- 4.Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- A.TheDiracEquationinCurvedSpacetimes -- B.ThePowerSpectrumoftheGravitationalWaves -- References -- GRAVITATIONAL WAVE BURSTS FROM GALACTIC RUN A WAY PULSARS FLUNG OUT OF SUPERNOVAE AND TIDALLY DISRUPTING COMPACT BINARIES -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.GalacticRAPsandSampleSelectionfromATNFCatalog -- 2.1.SampleSelectionfromATNFDatabase. , 3.PresentGalacticPulsarDynamicsHintsatDetectabilityofGWSignalsfromtheShortRiseFlingofRAPsinSupernovae -- 3.1.EstimatesofPresenthc,fGWGWCharacteristicsHintatProspectiveDetectionduringRAPsShortRiseFlinginSupernovae -- 3.1.1.FrequencyEstimate -- 3.1.2.AmplitudeEstimate -- 4.GravitationalWavesfromPulsarAcceleration -- 5.MoreRealisticAnalysisofGWEmissionfromRAPs -- 5.1.Casea:CenteredKickV=Vkickand =1 -- 5.1.1.Flingwitha=104kms−2,Vkick=104kms−1 -- 5.1.2.Flingwitha=106kms−2,Vkick=104kms−1 -- 5.2.Caseb:Off-centeredKick -- 5.2.1.Efficiency =0.05 -- 5.2.2.Efficiency =0.10 -- 5.2.3.Efficiency =0.40 -- 6.DiscussionandConclusions -- 6.1.ComputedRotationPeriodsvs.PeriodsofATNFSampleofRAPswithV=400−500kms−1 -- Acknowledgments -- References -- A Survey on High Frequency Gravitational Wave Research: Towards new Horizons in Science and Technology -- Abstract -- Overview of Gravitational Waves -- Historical Remark -- Nature of Gravitational Waves -- Sources for Gravitational Waves -- A. Astrophysical Sources for Gravitational Waves -- B. Testing Fundamental Physics with Gravitational Waves -- Evidence for Gravitational Waves -- Detection Mechanisms for Low to Medium Frequency Gravitational Waves -- High Frequency Gravitational Waves: A New Domain -- Rationales behind High Frequency Gravitational Waves Research -- Generation of High Frequency Gravitational Waves Research -- A. Sources in Nature for High Frequency Gravitational Waves -- B. Laboratory Sources for High Frequency Gravitational Waves -- Generation by X-Ray Lasers -- Generation by Piezoelectric or Film Bulk Acoustic Resonators (FBARs) -- Generation by a Toroid with an Electromagnetic Field -- Generation by Nuclear Reactions -- Generation by Quantum, Phenomena: The High Temperature Superconductor Gaser (HTSC Gaser) -- Detection Mechanisms for High Frequency Gravitational Waves. , A. Circular Waveguide Detector -- B. Coupled Electromagnetic Cavities -- C. Static Magnetic Field with an Electromagnetic sense beam -- Generator-Detector (Emitter-Receiver) Sets for High Frequency Gravitational Waves -- Technology Upgrades -- Potential Applications for HFGW -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- INDEX.