- The student will understand the basics of gravitational waves within general relativity, and the analogy with electromagnetic waves
- The student will have an overview of the gravitational wave detections to date
- The student will have a detailed understanding of the theory of how gravitational wave detectors work and their response to an astrophysical signal
- The student will have an overview of astrophysical sources of gravitational wave signals
- The student will understand the basics of Frequentist and Bayesian statistics
- The student will be able to apply these statistical techniques to the problem of gravitational wave detection for both transient and long-lived signals
- The student will understand how the detection of a gravitational wave signal is established statistically
- The student will understand how the physical parameters of a gravitational wave event are estimated
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Gravitational waves from the merger of black holes and neutron stars are now routinely detected by the LIGO and Virgo detectors. Fundamental predictions of general relativity can now be confronted with these observations, and various astrophysical scenarios of the population of compact objects in our universe can be better understood. This course will explain how these detections are established, and how the signal parameters are estimated. The relevant statistical methods will be covered in reasonable depth. The course will cover the transient signals from merging black holes and neutron stars. In addition, the course will also cover potential future detections of long lived continuous gravitational wave signals from rapidly rotating neutron stars.
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NWI-NM108 Gravity and the Cosmos
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