Gravitational Waves

Lecturer: Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich

WS 2018/19

Lectures: We 10am-12pm, room 2.114

Exercises: Tu 10-11am, room 2.114 (starting November 6!)

Literature: Maggiore: Gravitational Waves, Volume 1: Theory and Experiments

Content: Einstein’s equation, linearised theory of general relativity, geometric approach to gravitational waves, fieldtheoretical approach to gravitational waves, generation of gravitational waves in linearised theory, applications (binary systems, rotating bodies, free fall into a black hole), experimental detection of gravitational waves

Course material will be available at the eLearning-Portal PhysikOnline.

Videos of the lecture can be found here.