Summer School on Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
Course Structure

Effective Field Theory Approach to Post-Newtonian Gravity: Jan Steinhoff (Albert Einstein Institute)

Content: Scales of gravitational-wave sources, Post-Newtonian dynamics, Radiation reaction and the in-in formalism, Wave generation, Frontiers. 

References: 

  • Walter D. Goldberger, Effective Field Theory for Compact Binary Dynamics, arXiv:2212.06677

  • Michèle Levi, Effective Field Theories of Post-Newtonian Gravity: A comprehensive review, Rept.Prog. Phys. 83 (2020) 7 075901, arXiv:1807.01699

  • Rafael A. Porto, The effective field theorist’s approach to gravitational dynamics,  Phys.Rept. 633 (2016) 1-104, arXiv: 1601.04914

Tails to the Gravitational Memory and Soft Graviton Theorems: Ashoke Sen (ICTS)

TBA

Applications of Scattering Amplitudes to Compact Binary Inspirals: Donal O’Connell (Edinburgh)

TBA

Effective One-Body Approach to Compact Binary Coalescence: Tamanna Jain (École Normale Supérieure - PSL)

Content: Introduction to Effective One-Body Formalism (conservative and radiation reaction effects), Tutti-Frutti approach, applications of effective one-body formalism to scalar tensor theories (including massless scalar tensor and Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet), and application with the information from post-Minkowskian formalism. 

References: 

  • Michele Maggiore, Gravitational Waves: Volume 1: Theory and Experiments, Cambridge, 2007. 

  • T Damour and A Nagar, The Effective One-Body Description of the Two-Body Problem, arXiv: 0906.1769. 


 

Tutors

Effective Field Theory Approach to Post-Newtonian Gravity:

  • Kaustubh Singhi

  • Avi Wadhwa

  • M V S Saketh

Tails to the Gravitational Memory and Soft Graviton Theorems:

  • Babli Khatun

  • Abhinav Yadav  

  • Debanjan Karan

Applications of Scattering Amplitudes to Compact Binary Inspirals:

  • Godwin Martin

  • Saikat Bera

  • M V S Saketh

Effective One-Body Approach to Compact Binary Coalescence:

  • Samanwaya Mukherjee 

  • Priyanka Sinha