Gravitational Waves
WEEK 5: WEAK GW'S IN FLAT SPACETIME
[concluded]; PROPAGATION OF GW'S THROUGH CURVED SPACETIME
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Lecture 8: Weak GW's in Flat Spacetime
[concluded]
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Lecture 9: Propagation of GW's Through
Curved Spacetime
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Readings:
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Kip S Thorne, The Theory of Gravitational Radiation
- An Introductory Review, preprint draft of September 1982.
Suggested Reading and Exercises:
