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Module: Astrophysik: Gravitationswellen

Sequence: Gravitationswellen Einstieg

Slide: Gravitational Waves

Branching Point: Gravitational waves

Sequence: Was sind Gravitationswellen?

Slide: Gravitational waves

Slide: From Maxwell to Einstein

Slide: How gravitational waves act on matter

Sequence: Gravitationswellenquellen

Slide: Sources of gravitational waves

Slide: Orbit and Merger

Slide: Primordial gravitational waves

Slide: Gravitational wave astronomy

Sequence: Neutronensterne und Gravitationswellen

Slide: Neutron stars and gravitational waves

Slide: Neutron stars are extremely compact

Slide: The neutron star as a light-house: Pulsars

Slide: The pulsar as a laboratory

Slide: The first (indirect) evidence for gravitational waves

Sequence: Gravitationswellen im Computer

Slide: Gravitational waves in the computer

Slide: Merging neutron stars

Slide: Glancing collision of black holes

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Merging neutron stars

The first simulation you can see on the screen on the wall to your right shows two neutron star in the process of merging with each other. Greenish coloration indicates matter density, reddish coloration denotes regions of raised temperature.

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