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 GENERATION PART 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 Thorne PART 1

Lecture 19 (Week 11) IDEALIZED INTERFEROMETRIC GW DETECTORS Kip Thorne PART 2

Lecture 20 (Week 11) IDEALIZED INTERFEROMETRIC GW DETECTORS Kip Thorne PART 3

Lecture 20 (Week 11) IDEALIZED INTERFEROMETRIC GW DETECTORS Kip Thorne PART 4

Lecture 21 (Week 12) OVERVIEW OF LIGO CORE TECHNOLOGIES Alan J. Weinstein PART 1

Lecture 21 (Week 12) OVERVIEW OF LIGO CORE TECHNOLOGIES Alan J. Weinstein PART 2

Lecture 22 (Week 12) THERMAL NOISE IN LIGO Phil Willems PART 1

Lecture 22 (Week 12) THERMAL NOISE IN LIGO Phil Willems PART 2

Lecture 23 (Week 13)  Control Theory Foundations  Laser Frequency Stabilization ERIC BLACK PART 1

Lecture 23 (Week 13)  Control Theory Foundations  Laser Frequency Stabilization ERIC BLACK PART 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. Barish PART 1

Lecture 25 (Week 15) LIGO AS A LARGE SCIENCE PROJECT Barry C. Barish PART 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  OPTICS  LASERS  FREQUENCY STABILITY ROBERT SPERO PART 1

Lecture 32 (Week 17) LISA: OPTICAL TOPOLOGY  OPTICS  LASERS  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