Jürgen Ehlers Spring School 2018
Lecture Notes
lecture 1: waves in the linear approximation, polarizations, action on test-masses, generation by binary systems
lecture 2: waves on curved background, energy-momentum of GW, quadrupole formula, inspiral, time to merger, post-Newtonian
lecture 3: plunge, ringdown, IMR waveforms, characteristic frequencies, modelling
lecture 4: astrophysics: formation of NS, BH, NS structure, and tidal effects; overview: non-CBC sources of GW, GW spectrum, and detectors