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This school is part of the annual ICTS summer schools on gravitational-wave (GW) astronomy, which is rapidly becoming a precision science. Extracting physics and astrophysics from GW observations relies on accurate theoretical models, whose construction requires a synthesis of analytical and numerical relativity. In the past decade, major breakthroughs have emerged from applying high-energy physics techniques to GW source modelling. They provide systematic methods to compute higher-order effects in the GW signals. This is the focus of the current school, which will contain four graduate-level mini courses: 

• Effective Field Theory Approach to post-Newtonian Gravity: Jan Steinhoff (Albert Einstein Institute)
• Applications of Scattering Amplitudes to Compact Binary Inspirals: Donal O’Connell (Edinburgh)
• Tails to the Gravitational Memory and Soft Graviton Theorems: Ashoke Sen (ICTS)
• Effective Field Theory for Extreme Mass Ratio Binaries: (TBC)

Eligibility Criteria: The school is aimed primarily at graduate students and postdocs in GW physics, theoretical high-energy physics, and related fields. A limited number of well-prepared, highly motivated senior undergraduates will also be considered. A solid background in general relativity and high-energy physics techniques (e.g., Feynman diagrams) is required.

Accommodation will be provided for outstation participants at our on campus guest house.

ICTS is committed to building an environment that is inclusive, non discriminatory and welcoming of diverse individuals. We especially encourage the participation of women and other under-represented groups.