GR8 · Gravitational waves
A 26-module path through gr8 · gravitational waves, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Linearized Einstein Equations
- Metric Perturbation and Trace-Reversed Field
- Gauge Freedom in Linearized Gravity
- Lorenz (Harmonic) Gauge
- Transverse-Traceless Gauge
- Gravitational Wave Equation
- Plus and Cross Polarizations
- Geodesic Deviation and Tidal Action of Waves
- Helicity and Spin-2 Nature of Gravitons
- Quadrupole Formula
- Multipole Expansion of Gravitational Radiation
- Isaacson Stress-Energy of Gravitational Waves
- Gravitational-Wave Luminosity and Energy Flux
- Compact Binary Inspiral
- Chirp Mass and the Chirp Signal
- Post-Newtonian Waveform Modeling
- Hulse-Taylor Binary Pulsar Test
- Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Detection
- LIGO and the Global Detector Network
- Detector Noise and Sensitivity Curve
- Matched Filtering and Template Banks
- GW150914 and the First Direct Detection
- Astrophysical Sources of Gravitational Waves
- Multi-Messenger Astronomy with GW170817
- Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background
- Pulsar Timing Arrays and Nanohertz Waves