Gravitation

与激光干涉仪引力波天文台(LIGO)有关的理论问题，尤其是对引力波的天体物理来源、它们发射的波的特性以及这些特性对(I)LIGO的设计，(Ii)在LIGO中工作的探测器的设计，以及(Iii)LIGO数据分析方法的设计。虽然所有的研究都是理论上的，但该项目需要与重力波实验者进行密切的互动。

Theoretical issues related to the Laser-Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), most especially studies of astrophysical sources of gravitational waves, the characteristics of the waves they emit, and the implications of those characteristics for (i) the design of LIGO, (ii) the design of detectors to operate in LIGO, and (iii) the design of LIGO's data analysis methods will be investigated. Although all the research is theoretical, the project entails close interaction with gravity-wave experimenters.