GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION OF ACCELERATED SOURCES

Gravitational radiation from relativistic sources

Gravitational Radiation Sources and Signatures

The goal of these lecture notes is to introduce the developing research area of gravitational-wave phenomenology. In more concrete terms, they are meant to provide an overview of gravitational-wave sources and an introduction to the interpretation of real gravitational wave detector data. They are, of course, limited in both regards. Either topic could be the subject of one or more books, and c...

Compact Binaries as Sources of Gravitational Radiation

With current terrestrial gravitational wave detectors working at initial design sensitivities, and upgrades and space missions planned, it is likely that in the next five to ten years gravitational radiation will be detected directly from a variety of classes of objects. The most confidently expected of these classes is compact binaries, involving neutron stars or black holes. Detection of thei...

Astrophysical Sources of Gravitational Radiation and Prospects for Their Detection

In the coming decade, the LIGO/VIRGO network of ground-based kilometerscale laser interferometer gravitational wave detectors will open up a new Astronomical window on the Universe: gravitational waves in the frequency band 10 to 10 Hz. In addition, if the proposed, 5 million kilometer long, space based interferometer LISA flies, another window will be opened in the frequency band 10 to 1 Hz. W...

Gravitational Radiation from Post-Newtonian Sources and Inspiralling Compact Binaries

The article reviews the current status of a theoretical approach to the problem of the emission of gravitational waves by isolated systems in the context of general relativity. Part A of the article deals with general post-Newtonian sources. The exterior field of the source is investigated by means of a combination of analytic post-Minkowskian and multipolar approximations. The physical observa...