1. Gravitational waves emitted by inspiralling compact binaries
János Majár
HAS KFKI Research Institute for
Particle and Nuclear Physics
Budapest, Hungary
  May, 2006  
Cascina, Italy

2. Projectors and polarization states
The projectors
and the polarization states using the N, p, q triad

3. Compact binaries and the post-Newtonian (PN) approximation
Small velocity (neglect ultra-relativistic effects)
Small gravitational potential (neglect extreme gravitational effects)
Spin is treated as a PN perturbation

4. The transverse-traceless tenzor in the PN approximation
Newtonian or quadrupole term
Higher order PN corrections
Spin-Orbit corrections

5. Research plan
Description of the motion and the method in the Lense-Thirring picture
Description of the motion and the method in the finite mass case
Description of the motion and the method in the general case
Explicit time dependence – numerical integration
Polarization states in the Lense-Thirring picture, effects of eccentricity and spin
Polarization states in the finite mass case, effects of eccentricity and spin, extreme mass ratio limit
Polarization states in the general case, effects of eccentricity and spins, extreme mass ratio limit, one spin limit, lowest order spin-spin contributions
Innermost Stable Circular Orbit case