Relativistic Astrophysics &    

                Experimental Gravitation 2020-21

2019-20
 
 
 

In this course we discuss a number of issues related to relativistic astrophysics (neutron, stars, black holes, gravitational waves) and  we will present a list of past and ongoing experiments related to applications and tests of general relativity.

 

List of Lectures (as of last years)


  1. *Introduction

  2. *Neutron Stars I, II, III

  3. *The Astrophysics of Neutron Stars

  4. *Gravitational Waves:

                Theory

                Sources

                Detectors

*  Event Horizon Telescope science

  1. *Post-Newtonian Theory

  2. *Testing the Equivalence Principle

  3. *Measuring the whirling of the spacetime (K. Glampedakis)

  4. *Alternative Theories of Gravity (S. Yazadjiev)

  5. *Gravitational Lensing (D. Doneva)

  6. *Gravitational Collapse to Black Holes & Neutron Stars

*  Numerical Relativity

* The Double Pulsar System, as a laboratory for gravity

  1. *Gravity in extra dimensions


About the course:

Tuesday        :  10:15 - 12:00

Room:   C10-H33 (Theory)

Thursday   :  10:15 - 12:00

Room:   C10-H33 (Exercises)



USEFUL SITES & ARTICLES for GRAVITATIONAL WAVES


Gravitational Wave Detectors

  1. -LIGO

  2. -Virgo

  3. -KAGRA

  4. -GEO600

  5. -LISA

  6. -Cosmic Explorer


Relevant Articles


-- Gravitational Wave Detection by Interferometry (Ground and Space) by Matthew Pitkin, Stuart Reid, Sheila Rowan, Jim Hough


-- Interferometric techniques for gravitational-wave detection

by Bond, C., Brown, D., Freise, A. et.al.


--Gravitational-Wave Data Analysis. Formalism and Sample Applications: The Gaussian Case

by P. Jaranowski & A. Królak


--Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology with Gravitational Waves

by B. S. Sathyaprakash & Bernard F. Schutz


-- Gravitational Wave Detectors: How do they work

by Markus Pössel

TESTING GENERAL RELATIVITY


Relevant Articles


-- The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment  Clifford M. Will


-- Exploring New Physics Frontiers Through Numerical Relativity Vitor Cardoso, Leonardo Gualtieri, Carlos Herdeiro, Ulrich Sperhake


-- Gravitational-Wave Tests of General Relativity with Ground-Based Detectors and Pulsar-Timing Arrays  Nicolás Yunes, Xavier Siemens


-- Varying Constants, Gravitation and Cosmology Jean-Philippe Uzan


-- Tests of Gravity Using Lunar Laser Ranging Stephen M. Merkowitz


-- f(R) Theories Antonio De Felice, Shinji Tsujikawa


-- Modern Tests of Lorentz Invariance David Mattingly


-- Testing General Relativity with Pulsar Timing Ingrid H. Stairs


-- Relativity in the Global Positioning System Neil Ashby


-- Varying Newton’s Constant : A personal history of scalar-tensor theories for gravity Carl H. Brans




Credit: LIGO

credit: J. Overdun, P&E Eekels, K. Stephenson

Credit: J. Overdun, P&E Eekels, K. Stephenson

IMPORTANT:

The course will be offered via Internet

It will be only 2 hours lectures per week

More details soon via this page and ILIAS

IMPORTANT

-- The course will be offered via internet

-- More information will follow in this site and via ILIAS


Lecture time/date:

10:00-11:30 Monday

14:00-15:30 Thursday