Jürgen Ehlers Spring School 2019
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
more details on derivations can be found in last year's lectures and the links below.
Exercises
Links
The basic physics of the binary black hole merger GW150914