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Gravitational Wave Physics

Key information

  • Module code:

    7CCP4650

  • Level:

    7

  • Semester:

      Spring

  • Credit value:

    15

Module description

Module Overview and Aims

On September 14, 2015 the twin Laster Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors, have observed for the first-time ripples in the fabric of spacetime. This discovery marks a milestone for both theoretical and experimental physics and opens the era of gravitational-wave astronomy.

Gravitational waves (GWs), observed one hundred years after being predicted by Albert Einstein and fifty years after the first experimental efforts to detect them, carry information about their origin opening a new window onto the cosmos. They not only reveal the nature, dynamics, and structure of GW sources, but can also provide a powerful test of Einstein’s theory of General Relativity, as well as of various extended gravity theories.

 The course will offer a complete introduction to the theory of gravitational waves and will cover all aspects needed for a student to do research in the subject.

Assessment details

Details of Assessment:

May Exam - 90% exam

C/W comprising of an essay - 10%

Teaching pattern

TBC

Subject areas

Department

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