Academic Catalog

PHYS760 GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

Course Code: 2300760
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Physics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Leading Researcher, PhD DOÐA VESKE
Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.
Prerequisite: Set 1: 2300482
Set 2: 2300513
One of the sets above should be completed before taking PHYS760 GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY.

Course Content

Gravitational waves and their propagation. Gravitational-wave generatione Gravitational-wave detectionþ Gravitational lensing. Gravitational-wave detectors. Astrophysical sources of gravitational waves. Gravitational?wave data and data analyþis techniques. Recent results from gravitational-wave research. Student presentations on selected topic.