Abstract
1
Introduction
2
Normal Modes - Quasi-Normal Modes - Resonances
3
Quasi-Normal Modes of Black Holes
3.1
Schwarzschild Black Holes
3.2
Kerr Black Holes
3.3
Stability and Completeness ...
4
Quasi-Normal Modes of Relativistic Stars
4.1
Stellar Pulsations: The ...
4.2
Mode Analysis
4.3
Stability
5
Excitation and Detection of QNMs
5.1
Studies of Black ...
5.2
Studies of Stellar ...
5.3
Detection of the ...
5.4
Parameter Estimation
6
Numerical Techniques
6.1
Black Holes
6.2
Relativistic Stars
7
Where Are We Going?
7.1
Synergism Between Perturbation ...
7.2
Second Order Perturbations
7.3
Mode Calculations
7.4
The Detectors
8
Acknowledgments
9
Appendix: Schrödinger Equation Versus Wave Equation
References