Lectures on Gravitational Wave Astronomy

10-14 July 2017

The basics of gravitational radiation, the properties of some sources, and a discussion of the recent Advanced LIGO detections. Lectures at the Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, as part of the Kavli Summer Program in Astrophysics.

My lecture notes:

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

Problem sets:

Tutorial problem set 1
Tutorial problem set 2
Tutorial problem set 3

Lectures on Gravitational Wave Astronomy

10-14 July 2017

My lecture notes:

Problem sets:

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Lectures on Gravitational Wave Astronomy

10-14 July 2017

My lecture notes:

Problem sets:

Send me to:

Cole's home page astro home page

Cole's home page
astro home page