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The first direct measurement of gravitational waves by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations has opened up new avenues to explore our Universe. This white paper outlines the challenges and gains expected in gravitational wave searches at…

We currently lack good waveform models for many gravitational wave sources. Examples where models are lacking include neutron star post merger signals, core collapse supernovae, and signals of unknown origin. Wavelet based techniques have…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-19 Toral Gupta , Neil Cornish

We consider an anisotropic search for the stochastic gravitational-wave (GW) background by decomposing the gravitational-wave sky into its spherical harmonics components. Previous analyses have used the diffraction limit to define the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Erik Floden , Vuk Mandic , Andrew Matas , Leo Tsukada

The gravitational wave detection problem is challenging because the noise is typically overwhelming. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been successfully applied, but require a large training set and the accuracy suffers…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-21 Christopher Bresten , Jae-Hun Jung

Gravitational wave (GW) astrophysics is entering a multi-band era with upcoming GW detectors, enabling detailed mapping of the stochastic GW background across vast frequencies. We highlight this potential via a new physics scenario: hybrid…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-26 Yunjia Bao , Tore Boybeyi , Vuk Mandic , Lian-Tao Wang

Astrometric surveys can be used to constrain the stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) at very low frequencies. We use proper motion data provided by Gaia DR3 to fit a generic dipole+quadrupole field. We analyse several…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-07 Santiago Jaraba , Juan García-Bellido , Sachiko Kuroyanagi , Sarah Ferraiuolo , Matteo Braglia

Soft gamma repeaters and anomalous X-ray pulsars are thought to be magnetars, neutron stars with strong magnetic fields of order $\mathord{\sim} 10^{13}$--$10^{15} \, \mathrm{gauss}$. These objects emit intermittent bursts of hard X-rays…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-02 Ryan Quitzow-James , James Brau , James Clark , Michael W. Coughlin , Scott B. Coughlin , Raymond Frey , Paul Schale , Dipongkar Talukder , Eric Thrane

Detecting a stochastic gravitational wave background requires that we first understand and model any astrophysical foregrounds. In the millihertz frequency band, the predominate foreground signal will be from unresolved white dwarf binaries…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-01-23 Matthew R. Adams , Neil J. Cornish

The gravitational wave detector of higher sensitivity and greater bandwidth in kilohertz window is required for future gravitational wave astronomy and cosmology. Here we present a new type broadband high frequency laser interferometer…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-15 Meng-Jun Hu , Shuai Zha , Yong-Sheng Zhang

We study the possibility of using matter wave interferometry techniques to build a gravitational wave detector. We derive the response function and find that it contains a term proportional to the derivative of the gravitational wave, a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Stefano Foffa , Alice Gasparini , Michele Papucci , Riccardo Sturani

Since their first detection in 2015, gravitational wave observations have enabled a variety of studies, ranging from stellar evolution to fundamental physics. In this chapter, we focus on their use as "standard sirens", describing the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-04 Antonella Palmese , Simone Mastrogiovanni

Gravitational wave (GW) detections have enriched our understanding of the universe. To date, all single-source GW events were found by interferometer-type detectors. We study a detection method using astrometric solutions from photometric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-04-13 Yijun Wang , Kris Pardo , Tzu-Ching Chang , Olivier Doré

We examine the spectrum of gravitational radiation emitted by a network of cosmic strings, with emphasis on the observational constraints and the opportunities for detection. The analysis improves over past work, as we use a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-30 R. R. Caldwell , R. A. Battye , E. P. S. Shellard

Atmospheric gravity waves occur in the Earths atmosphere caused by an interplay between gravity and buoyancy forces. These waves have profound impacts on various aspects of the atmosphere, including the patterns of precipitation, cloud…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-28 Seraj Al Mahmud Mostafa , Omar Faruque , Chenxi Wang , Jia Yue , Sanjay Purushotham , Jianwu Wang

We propose a new detection method for gravitational wave bursts. It analyzes observed data with the Hilbert-Huang transform, which is an approach of time-frequency analysis constructed with the aim of manipulating non-linear and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-14 Kazuki Sakai , Ken-ichi Oohara , Masato Kaneyama , Hirotaka Takahashi

This contribution is divided in two parts. The first part provides a text-book level introduction to gravitational radiation. The key concepts required for a discussion of gravitational-wave physics are introduced. In particular, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Nils Andersson , Kostas D Kokkotas

We report on the first joint search for gravitational waves by the TAMA and LIGO collaborations. We looked for millisecond-duration unmodelled gravitational-wave bursts in 473 hr of coincident data collected during early 2003. No candidate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-08-27 LIGO Scientific Collaboration , TAMA Collaboration

A possibility of geophysical measurements using the large scale laser interferometrical gravitational wave antenna is discussed. An interferometer with suspended mirrors can be used as a gradiometer measuring variations of an angle between…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 V. N. Rudenko , A. V. Serdobolski , K. Tsubono

In geophysical environments, wave motions that are shaped by the action of gravity and global rotation bear the name of gravito-inertial waves. We present a geometrical description of gravito-inertial surface waves, which are low-frequency…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Yves Colin de Verdière , Jérémie Vidal

The first direct observation of gravitational waves' action upon matter has recently been reported by the BICEP2 experiment. Advanced ground-based gravitational-wave detectors are being installed. They will soon be commissioned, and then…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-05-06 Scott A. Hughes