Resources for Undergraduate Students
Choosing to do a PhD is a big decision, and choosing a particular field is perhaps an even bigger one. With that in mind, we have decided to compile a set of resources in case you want to have a look at the principles behind self-force and radiation-reaction.
Complementary courses to your undergraduate programme (Bachelor/Masters):
Advanced General Relativity Course (27 lecture recordings) by Eric Poisson
Laser interferometer space antenna (LISA):
First impressions: LISA | The Biggest Space Mission Ever (8-minute video) by Domain of Science
Gravitational wave astronomy from space: LISA and its pathfinder (30-min lecture) by Karsten Danzmann
Overview of LISA Science (45-min lecture) by Curt Cutler
Introductory courses on Black Hole Perturbation Theory:
Black Hole Perturbation Theory (6 lecture recordings) by Eric Poisson @ Dublin's GWs School
Quick Black Hole Perturbation Theory and Self Force Overview (92 slides) by Leor Barack @ Kavli.
Black Hole Perturbation Theory (43 slides + problems) by Eric Poisson @ Chennai, India (also on Youtube)
Introductory courses on the Self-Force:
ICTS regularly organizes courses on Gravitational Waves. You can have a look at previous summer schools, it is a great complement to your GR courses.
Introduction to the Gravitational Self-Force problem (6 lecture recordings) by Adam Pound
Self-Contained Reviews:
Self-force and radiation reaction in GR (79 pages) by Leor Barack and Adam Pound (2018)
Black Hole Perturbation Theory and Gravitational Self-Force (121 pages) by Adam Pound and Barry Wardell (2021)
Special issue: Gravitational Radiation From Binary Black Holes: Advances in the perturbation approach (paper compilation) by Carlos O. Lousto with Bernard Whitting, Larry R Price, Kostas Glampedakis, Steven Detweiler, Yasushu Mino, Roland Haas, Eric Poisson, Hiroyuki Nakano, Misao Sasaki, Warren G Anderson, Alan G Wiseman, Steve Drasco, Eanna E Flanagan, Scott A. Hughes, Lior Burko and Eran Rosenthal (2005)
If you are doing a Bachelor/Master Thesis in a GR topic or just want to check your GR calculations we strongly encourage to install the Black Hole Perturbation toolkit's. Please visit their website on bhptoolkit.org/index.html.
It's available on Linux, Windows and Mac OS with the codes written in Mathematica, C/C++, Python and Fortran.
If you wish to have a more hands-on introduction you can watch the videos of their latest workshop in Prague https://astro.cas.cz/bhptoolkit2020/ .
Where to find a PhD?
Hyperspace (slightly more European offers)
Find a PhD (mainly UK)
Academic Jobs Online (mainly US)