Schedule: Mondays @ 14h - 16h, 19 & 26 Sep; 4 Oct (note Tuesday); 10, 17 and 24 Oct

II. TOPICS

1. Newtonian gravity (2 lectures): Slides Part 1a (pdf) Slides Part 1b (pdf)

Foundations, Isolated gravitating bodies, Orbital dynamics

[PW, Chapter 1, Chapter 3]

2. Post-Minkowskian theory (1/2 lecture):Slides Part 2 (pdf)

Formulation, Implementation

[PW, Chapter 6, Chapter 7]

3. Post-Newtonian theory: Near-zone physics (2 lectures): Slides Part 3a (pdf) Slides Part 3b (pdf)

Implementation, PN celestial mechanics, astrometry & timekeeping

[PW, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10]

4. Post-Newtonian theory: Far-zone physics (1.5 lectures): Slides Part 4a (pdf) Slides Part 4b (pdf)

Gravitational radiation, Radiation Reaction

[PW, Chapter 11, Chapter 12]

III. TEXT AND EXERCISES

• Poisson and Will, Gravitation: Newtonian, Post-Newtonian and General Relativistic (Cambridge, 2014) (find it on Amazon)

• Selected exercises for student fun and entertainment (here)