Gravitational Radiation, Luminous Black Holes and Gamma-Ray Burst Supernovae »

Professor Maurice H. P. M. van Putten is a theoretical astrophysicist at the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) at MIT.

A comprehensive overview for graduates of the theories of this contemporary development in physics.

1. Superluminal motion in the quasar 3C273;
2. Curved spacetime and SgrA;
3. Parallel transport and isometry of tangent bundles;
4. Maxwell's equations;
5. Riemannian curvature;
6. Gravitational radiation;
7. Cosmological event rates;
8. Compressible fluid dynamics;
9. Waves in relativistic magnetohydrodynamics;
10. Non-axisymmetric waves in a torus;
11. Phenomenology of GRB-supernovae;
12. Kerr black holes;
13. Luminous black holes;
14. A luminous torus in gravitational radiation;
15. GRB-supernovae from rotating black holes;
16. Observational opportunities for LIGO and VIRGO;
17. Epilogue: GRB/XRF Singlets, Doublets? Triplets!