Duration
20h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in space sciences (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Introduction to key concepts of gravitational-wave emission and detection methods without general relativity.
Content
1. History of gravitational-wave detections
2. Generation of gravitational waves
3. Current generation detectors
4-5-6-7. sources of gravitational waves
4. Compact binary systems
5. Bursts
6. Continuous waves
7. Stochastic
8. Next generation detectors
9 & 10. To be suggested by students following interest.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
These lectures will detail the main properties of gravitational waves, and help students understand how to detect and produce them.
At the end of the course, you will be able to:
1) understand key concepts of gravitational-wave emissions from several astrophysical sources.
2) understand challenges of current and future gravitational-wave detectors.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Nils Andersson - Gravitational-Wave Astronomy: Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
This course is based on lectures, and on discussion sessions where problems are discussed & solved in the class. The problems will be solved by the students, under the guidance of the instructor.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Face-to-face if possible, depending on the COVID situation.
Recommended or required readings
Sean Carrol, Lecture Notes on General Relativity, chapter 6
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Additional information:
The exam will consist of 5 questions: one on the generation of gravitational waves, two on the physics of one of the main sources of gravitational waves, and two on the physics of gravitational-wave detectors.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The course will be organised in 10 one-and-a-half-hour lectures/discussion sessions (see contents).
Contacts
Maxime Fays
(maxime.fays@uliege.be)
Room 4.43 Bât. B5A
Inter. fondamentales en physique et astrophysique (IFPA)
Quartier Agora allée du six Août 19
4000 Liège
Téléphone de service: +32 4 3663643