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This is an overview article of the mathematics of gravitational waves. We explain the mathematics and physics of these waves in general relativity theory, discuss the gravitational wave experiment aLIGO and their detection of gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-11 Lydia Bieri , David Garfinkle , Nicolas Yunes

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 analyze theoretical models of gravitational waves generation in the interaction of high intensity laser with matter, namely ablation and piston models. We analyse the generated gravitational waves in linear approximation of gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-18 Hedvika Kadlecová , Ondřej Klimo , Stefan Weber , Georg Korn

This paper explores the quantum and classical descriptions of gravitational wave detection in interferometers like LIGO. We demonstrate that a graviton scattering and quantum optics model succeeds in explaining the observed arm…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-08 John W. Moffat

We study the prospects for detection of continuous gravitational signals from "normal" Galactic neutron stars, i.e. non-recycled ones. We use a synthetic population generated by evolving stellar remnants in time, according to several…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-02 Gianluca Pagliaro , Maria Alessandra Papa , Jing Ming , Jianhui Lian , Daichi Tsuna , Claudia Maraston , Daniel Thomas

We provide details and present additional results on the numerical study of the gravitational-wave emission from the collapse of neutron stars to rotating black holes in three dimensions. More specifically, we concentrate on the advantages…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Luca Baiotti , Ian Hawke , Luciano Rezzolla

This is an English translation of the paper M.B.Mensky, in: K.P.Stanyukovich (ed.), "Problems of Theory of Gravity and Elementary Particles", issue 6, Moscow, Atomizdat, 1975, p.181-190 (in Russian). This paper elaborates further the idea…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-12-24 Michael B. Mensky

Twenty years ago, construction began on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). Advanced LIGO, with a factor of ten better design sensitivity than Initial LIGO, will begin taking data this year, and should soon make…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-15 Sheila E. Dwyer , Daniel Sigg , Stefan Ballmer , Lisa Barsotti , Nergis Mavalvala , Matthew Evans

Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo are expected to make the first direct detections of gravitational waves (GW) in the next several years. Possible types of GW emission include short-duration bursts, signals from the coalescence of compact…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-08-15 C. Van Den Broeck

The recently assembled laser-beam detectors of gravitational waves are approaching the planned level of sensitivity. In the coming 1 - 2 years, we may be observing the rare but powerful events of inspiral and merger of binary stellar-mass…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 L. P. Grishchuk

The problem of search for nearly periodic gravitational wave sources in the data from laser interferometric detectors is discussed using a simple model of the signal. Accuracies of estimation of the parameters and computational requirements…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrzej Królak

The emission of gravitational waves from a system of massive objects interacting on elliptical, hyperbolic and parabolic orbits is studied in the quadrupole approximation. Analytical expressions are then derived for the gravitational wave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-06-29 M. De Laurentis , S. Capozziello

Galaxy clusters are sources of gravitational radiation. The main aim of this paper is to give numerical estimates and theoretical description of the relevant features of the gravitational radiation coming from an appropriate spatial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Vicent Quilis , Jose M. Ibanez , Diego Saez

Nonaxisymmetric, meridional circulation inside a neutron star, excited by a glitch and persisting throughout the post-glitch relaxation phase, emits gravitational radiation. Here, it is shown that the current quadrupole contributes more…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 M. F. Bennett , C. A. van Eysden , A. Melatos

Gravitational waves provide a unique window into gravity, cosmology, and high-energy physics, enabling the exploration of fundamental phenomena across a wide range of scales. This review presents a coherent and pedagogical framework that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-25 Azadeh Maleknejad

We report application of a method for extracting gravitational waves to three-dimensional numerical simulation on coalescing binary neutron stars. We found the extracted wave form includes the componets corresponding to the quadrupole part…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Mari Kawamura , Ken-ichi Oohara

Gravitational waves (GWs) from distant sources such as inspiralling and merging stellar-mass compact binaries, intermediate-mass and supermassive-binary-black-hole can be gravitationally lensed by intervening objects, ranging from stars and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-19 Zhiwei Chen , Youjun Lu

The article reviews the current status of a theoretical approach to the problem of the emission of gravitational waves by isolated systems in the context of general relativity. Part A of the article deals with general post-Newtonian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-23 Luc Blanchet

Gravitational waves are a potential direct probe for the multi-dimensional flow during the first second of core-collapse supernova explosions. Here we outline the structure of the predicted gravitational wave signal from neutrino-driven…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-16 Bernhard Müller

We investigate the potential for observing gravitational waves from cosmological phase transitions with LISA in light of recent theoretical and experimental developments. Our analysis is based on current state-of-the-art simulations of…