Physics 237: Gravitational Waves

A course at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

January - May 2002

Copyright 2002 by the California Institute of Technology. This video can be reproduced for nonprofit, educational uses only.

Course organized and coordinated by Kip S. Thorne

Videos, web site, & homework solutions by

Mihai Bondarescu and Yanbei Chen

Lecture 10 (Week 6)

PROPAGATION OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES

THROUGH MATTER

and

SLOW-MOTION APPROXIMATION FOR WAVE

GENERATION

PART 1

Lecture 10 (Week 6)

PROPAGATION OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES

THROUGH MATTER

and

SLOW-MOTION APPROXIMATION FOR WAVE

GENERATION

PART 2

Lecture 11 (Week 6)

PROPAGATION OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES

THROUGH MATTER

and

SLOW-MOTION APPROXIMATION FOR WAVE

GENERATIONPART 3

Lecture 11 (Week 6)

PROPAGATION OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES

THROUGH MATTER

and

SLOW-MOTION APPROXIMATION FOR WAVE

GENERATION

PART 4

Lecture 12 (Week 7)

BINARY STARS AS

GRAVITATIONAL WAVE SOURCES

Sterl Phinney

PART 1

Lecture 12 (Week 7)

BINARY STARS AS

GRAVITATIONAL WAVE SOURCES

Sterl Phinney

PART 2

Lecture 13 (Week 8)

ASTROPHYSICAL PHENOMENOLOGY AND

BINARY STARS AS

GRAVITATIONAL WAVE SOURCES

Sterl Phinney PART 3

Lecture 13 (Week 8)

ASTROPHYSICAL PHENOMENOLOGY AND

BINARY STARS AS

GRAVITATIONAL WAVE SOURCES

Sterl Phinney PART 4

Lecture 14 (Week 8)

POST-NEWTONIAN WAVEFORMS FROM BINARY

BLACKHOLES

Alessandra Buonanno

PART 1

Lecture 14 (Week 8)

POST-NEWTONIAN WAVEFORMS FROM BINARY

BLACKHOLES

Alessandra Buonanno

PART 2

Lecture 19 (Week 11)

IDEALIZED INTERFEROMETRIC GW

DETECTORS

Kip ThornePART 1

Lecture 19 (Week 11)

IDEALIZED INTERFEROMETRIC GW

DETECTORS

Kip ThornePART 2

Lecture 20 (Week 11)

IDEALIZED INTERFEROMETRIC GW

DETECTORS

Kip ThornePART 3

Lecture 20 (Week 11)

IDEALIZED INTERFEROMETRIC GW

DETECTORS

Kip ThornePART 4

Lecture 21 (Week 12)

OVERVIEW OF LIGO CORE TECHNOLOGIES

Alan J. WeinsteinPART 1

Lecture 21 (Week 12)

OVERVIEW OF LIGO CORE TECHNOLOGIES

Alan J. WeinsteinPART 2

Lecture 22 (Week 12)

THERMAL NOISE IN LIGO

Phil WillemsPART 1

Lecture 22 (Week 12)

THERMAL NOISE IN LIGO

Phil WillemsPART 2

Lecture 23 (Week 13)

Control Theory Foundations Laser Frequency Stabilization

ERIC BLACKPART 1

Lecture 23 (Week 13)

Control Theory Foundations Laser Frequency Stabilization

ERIC BLACKPART 2

Lecture 24 (Week 14)

INTERFEROMETER SIMULATION AND LOCK

ACQUISITION

MATTHEW EVANS

Lecture 24 (Week 14)

SEISMIC ISOLATION

Riccardo De Salvo

Lecture 25 (Week 15)

LIGO

AS A LARGE SCIENCE PROJECT

Barry C. BarishPART 1

Lecture 25 (Week 15)

LIGO

AS A LARGE SCIENCE PROJECT

Barry C. BarishPART 2

Lecture 26 (Week 15)

QUANTUM OPTICAL NOISE IN ADVANCED LIGO

ALESSANDRA BUONANNO

PART 1

Lecture 26 (Week 15)

QUANTUM OPTICAL NOISE IN ADVANCED LIGO

YANBEI CHEN

PART 2

Lecture 27 (Week 16)

DOPPLER TRACKING OF SPACECRAFT FOR

GRAVITATIONAL WAVES DETECTION IN THE LOW

FREQUENCY BAND

JOHN ARMSTRONG

Lecture 27 (Week 16)

PULSAR TIMING FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES

DETECTION IN THE VERY LOW FREQUENCY BAND

KIP S. THORNE

Lecture 28 (Week 15)

LIGO DATA ANALYSIS

ALBERT LAZZARINI

PART 1

Lecture 29 (Week 16)

FACILITY LIMITS FOR LIGO

KIP S. THORNE

Lecture 29 (Week 16)

LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE FOR LIGO

RONALD W.P. DREVER

Lecture 30 (Week 16)

RESONANT GRAVITY WAVE DETECTORS

W. O. HAMILTON

PART 1

Lecture 30 (Week 16)

RESONANT GRAVITY WAVE DETECTORS

W. O. HAMILTON

PART 2

Lecture 31 (Week 17)

LISA: CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

BILL FOLKNER

PART 1

Lecture 32 (Week 17)

LISA: OPTICAL TOPOLOGY OPTICSLASERS

FREQUENCY STABILITY

ROBERT SPERO

PART 1

Lecture 32 (Week 17)

LISA: OPTICAL TOPOLOGY OPTICSLASERS

FREQUENCY STABILITY

ROBERT SPERO

PART 2

Lecture 31 (Week 17)

LISA: CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

BILL FOLKNER

PART 2

Lecture 33 (Week 18)

LISA DSTURBANCE REDUCTION SYSTEM

BONNY SCHUMAKER

PART 1

Lecture 33 (Week 18)

LISA DSTURBANCE REDUCTION SYSTEM

BONNY SCHUMAKER

PART 2

Lecture 34 (Week 18)

TIME-DELAY INTERFEROMETRY

JOHN ARMSTRONG

PART 1

Lecture 34 (Week 18)

TIME-DELAY INTERFEROMETRY

JOHN ARMSTRONG

PART 2