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
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