Gravitational waveforms (1/2)
Basics of gravitational-wave modeling; waveform models in PN theory, their range of validity, and their use in LIGO-Virgo template banks.
Motivations and development of the effective-one-body (EOB) formalism: conservative dynamics.
The effective-one-body (EOB) formalism: dissipative dynamics; inspiral-merger- ringdown waveforms and their completion using numerical-relativity waveforms.
LIGO-Virgo inference studies using waveform models: science highlights on astrophysics, cosmology and tests of General Relativity.