Lectures on Gravitational Wave Astronomy

1-5 August 2016

The basics of gravitational radiation, the properties of some sources, and a discussion of the recent Advanced LIGO detections. Lectures at UFABC, Santo André, Brazil.

My lecture notes:

Lecture 1: Introduction to astrophysics and gravitational waves, and order of magnitude estimates
Lecture 2: Black holes
Lecture 3: Neutron Stars
Lecture 4: Continuous sources, bursts, and stochastic sources
Lecture 5: Binaries, and implications of LIGO detections

Problem sets:

Tutorial problem set 1
Tutorial problem set 2
Tutorial problem set 3
Tutorial problem set 4
Tutorial problem set 5

Lectures on Gravitational Wave Astronomy

1-5 August 2016

My lecture notes:

Problem sets:

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astro home page

Lectures on Gravitational Wave Astronomy

1-5 August 2016

My lecture notes:

Problem sets:

Send me to:

Cole's home page astro home page

Cole's home page
astro home page