Gravitational Waves

WEEK 4: GRAVITATIONAL WAVES IN FLAT SPACETIME

The following videos are played by the QuickTime Player, which can be downloaded here for free:
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Lecture 6: Weak GW's in Flat Spacetime

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• Low resolution
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• Streaming:
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• rtsp://elmer.tapir.caltech.edu/Lect6_tape1_web.mov
• rtsp://elmer.tapir.caltech.edu/Lect6_tape2_web.mov
• Low resolution
• rtsp://elmer.tapir.caltech.edu/Lect6_tape1_small.mov
• rtsp://elmer.tapir.caltech.edu/Lect6_tape2_small.mov

Lecture 7: Weak GW's in Flat Spacetime [continued]

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• Streaming:
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• rtsp://elmer.tapir.caltech.edu/Lect7_tape1_web.mov
• rtsp://elmer.tapir.caltech.edu/Lect7_tape2_web.mov
• Low resolution
• rtsp://elmer.tapir.caltech.edu/Lect7_tape1_small.mov
• rtsp://elmer.tapir.caltech.edu/Lect7_tape2_small.mov

Notes for streaming video users:

If the QuickTime Player does not start  automatically when the above links are clicked, it might be due to a misconfiguration of the browser. Please try start the QuickTime Player and input the link texts (e.g., rtsp://elmer.tapir.caltech.edu/Lecture6_tape1_web.mov) manually.

Suggested Reading and Exercises:

• assignment 4   (Due Feb 6)
• solutions to the exercises:
• page 1
• page 2
• page 3
• page 4
• page 5
• page 6
• page 7
• page 8
• page 9
• page 10
• page 11
• page 12
• page 13
• page 14
• page 15
• page 16