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Can LIGO see compact binaries?

The probability that interferometric detectors such as LIGO and VIRGO will successfully detect inspiraling compact binaries depends in part on our knowledge of the expected gravitational wave forms. The best approximations to the true wave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Serge Droz , Eric Poisson

A Cryogenic Silicon Interferometer for Gravitational-wave Detection

The detection of gravitational waves from compact binary mergers by LIGO has opened the era of gravitational wave astronomy, revealing a previously hidden side of the cosmos. To maximize the reach of the existing LIGO observatory…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-26 Rana X Adhikari , Odylio Aguiar , Koji Arai , Bryan Barr , Riccardo Bassiri , Garilynn Billingsley , Ross Birney , David Blair , Joseph Briggs , Aidan F Brooks , Daniel D Brown , Huy-Tuong Cao , Marcio Constancio , Sam Cooper , Thomas Corbitt , Dennis Coyne , Edward Daw , Johannes Eichholz , Martin Fejer , Andreas Freise , Valery Frolov , Slawomir Gras , Anna Green , Hartmut Grote , Eric K Gustafson , Evan D Hall , Giles Hammond , Jan Harms , Gregg Harry , Karen Haughian , Frances Hellman , Jan-Simon Hennig , Margot Hennig , Stefan Hild , Warren Johnson , Brittany Kamai , Disha Kapasi , Kentaro Komori , Mikhail Korobko , Kevin Kuns , Brian Lantz , Sean Leavey , Fabian Magana-Sandoval , Ashot Markosyan , Iain Martin , Rodica Martin , Denis V Martynov , David Mcclelland , Graeme Mcghee , Joseph Mills , Valery Mitrofanov , Manel Molina-Ruiz , Conor Mow-Lowry , Peter Murray , Sebastian Ng , Leonid Prokhorov , Volker Quetschke , Stuart Reid , David Reitze , Jonathan Richardson , Raymond Robie , Isobel Romero-Shaw , Sheila Rowan , Roman Schnabel , Merle Schneewind , Brett Shapiro , David Shoemaker , Bram Slagmolen , Joshua Smith , Jessica Steinlechner , Simon Tait , David Tanner , Calum Torrie , Joris Vanheijningen , Peter Veitch , Gavin Wallace , Peter Wessels , Benno Willke , Christopher Wipf , Hiro Yamamoto , Chunnong Zhao , Lisa Barsotti , Robert Ward , Angus Bell , Robert Byer , Andrew Wade , William Z Korth , Frank Seifert , Nicholas Smith , Dimitry Koptsov , Zeno Tornasi , Aaron Markowitz , Georgia Mansell , Terry Mcrae , Paul Altin , Min J Yap , Marielle Van Veggel , Graeme Eddolls , Edgard Bonilla , Elvis C Ferreira , Allan S Silva , Marcos A Okada , Diego Taira , Daniel Heinert , James Hough , Ken Strain , Alan Cumming , Roger Route , Daniel Shaddock , Matthew Evans , Rainer Weiss

Comparing advanced-era interferometric gravitational-wave detector network configurations: sky localization and source properties

The expansion and upgrade of the global network of ground-based gravitational wave detectors promises to improve our capacity to infer the sky-localization of transient sources, enabling more effective multi-messenger follow-ups. At the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-29 Mattia Emma , Tiago Fernandes de Nobrega , Gregory Ashton

Implementation and testing of the first prompt search for gravitational wave transients with electromagnetic counterparts

Aims. A transient astrophysical event observed in both gravitational wave (GW) and electromagnetic (EM) channels would yield rich scientific rewards. A first program initiating EM follow-ups to possible transient GW events has been…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 The LIGO Scientific Collaboration , Virgo Collaboration , J. Abadie , B. P. Abbott , R. Abbott , T. D. Abbott , M. Abernathy , T. Accadia , F. Acernese , C. Adams , R. Adhikari , C. Affeldt , P. Ajith , B. Allen , G. S. Allen , E. Amador Ceron , D. Amariutei , R. S. Amin , S. B. Anderson , W. G. Anderson , K. Arai , M. A. Arain , M. C. Araya , S. M. Aston , P. Astone , D. Atkinson , P. Aufmuth , C. Aulbert , B. E. Aylott , S. Babak , P. Baker , G. Ballardin , S. Ballmer , D. Barker , F. Barone , B. Barr , P. Barriga , L. Barsotti , M. Barsuglia , M. A. Barton , I. Bartos , R. Bassiri , M. Bastarrika , A. Basti , J. Batch , J. Bauchrowitz , Th. S. Bauer , M. Bebronne , B. Behnke , M. G. Beker , A. S. Bell , A. Belletoile , I. Belopolski , M. Benacquista , J. M. Berliner , A. Bertolini , J. Betzwieser , N. Beveridge , P. T. Beyersdorf , I. A. Bilenko , G. Billingsley , J. Birch , R. Biswas , M. Bitossi , M. A. Bizouard , E. Black , J. K. Blackburn , L. Blackburn , D. Blair , B. Bland , M. Blom , O. Bock , T. P. Bodiya , C. Bogan , R. Bondarescu , F. Bondu , L. Bonelli , R. Bonnand , R. Bork , M. Born , V. Boschi , S. Bose , L. Bosi , B. Bouhou , S. Braccini , C. Bradaschia , P. R. Brady , V. B. Braginsky , M. Branchesi , J. E. Brau , J. Breyer , T. Briant , D. O. Bridges , A. Brillet , M. Brinkmann , V. Brisson , M. Britzger , A. F. Brooks , D. A. Brown , A. Brummit , T. Bulik , H. J. Bulten , A. Buonanno , J. Burguet--Castell , O. Burmeister , D. Buskulic , C. Buy , R. L. Byer , L. Cadonati , G. Cagnoli , J. Cain , E. Calloni , J. B. Camp , P. Campsie , J. Cannizzo , K. Cannon , B. Canuel , J. Cao , C. D. Capano , F. Carbognani , S. Caride , S. Caudill , M. Cavaglià , F. Cavalier , R. Cavalieri , G. Cella , C. Cepeda , E. Cesarini , O. Chaibi , T. Chalermsongsak , E. Chalkley , P. Charlton , E. Chassande-Mottin , S. Chelkowski , Y. Chen , A. Chincarini , A. Chiummo , H. Cho , N. Christensen , S. S. Y. Chua , C. T. Y. Chung , S. Chung , G. Ciani , F. Clara , D. E. Clark , J. Clark , J. H. Clayton , F. Cleva , E. Coccia , P. -F. Cohadon , C. N. Colacino , J. Colas , A. Colla , M. Colombini , A. Conte , R. Conte , D. Cook , T. R. Corbitt , M. Cordier , N. Cornish , A. Corsi , C. A. Costa , M. Coughlin , J. -P. Coulon , P. Couvares , D. M. Coward , D. C. Coyne , J. D. E. Creighton , T. D. Creighton , A. M. Cruise , A. Cumming , L. Cunningham , E. Cuoco , R. M. Cutler , K. Dahl , S. L. Danilishin , R. Dannenberg , S. D'Antonio , K. Danzmann , V. Dattilo , B. Daudert , H. Daveloza , M. Davier , G. Davies , E. J. Daw , R. Day , T. Dayanga , R. De Rosa , D. DeBra , G. Debreczeni , J. Degallaix , W. Del Pozzo , M. del Prete , T. Dent , V. Dergachev , R. DeRosa , R. DeSalvo , V. Dhillon , S. Dhurandhar , L. Di Fiore , A. Di Lieto , I. Di Palma , M. Di Paolo Emilio , A. Di Virgilio , M. Díaz , A. Dietz , F. Donovan , K. L. Dooley , S. Dorsher , M. Drago , R. W. P. Drever , J. C. Driggers , Z. Du , J. -C. Dumas , S. Dwyer , T. Eberle , M. Edgar , M. Edwards , A. Effler , P. Ehrens , G. Endrőczi , R. Engel , T. Etzel , K. Evans , M. Evans , T. Evans , M. Factourovich , V. Fafone , S. Fairhurst , Y. Fan , B. F. Farr , W. Farr , D. Fazi , H. Fehrmann , D. Feldbaum , I. Ferrante , F. Fidecaro , L. S. Finn , I. Fiori , R. P. Fisher , R. Flaminio , M. Flanigan , S. Foley , E. Forsi , L. A. Forte , N. Fotopoulos , J. -D. Fournier , J. Franc , S. Frasca , F. Frasconi , M. Frede , M. Frei , Z. Frei , A. Freise , R. Frey , T. T. Fricke , J. K. Fridriksson , D. Friedrich , P. Fritschel , V. V. Frolov , P. J. Fulda , M. Fyffe , M. Galimberti , L. Gammaitoni , M. R. Ganija , J. Garcia , J. A. Garofoli , F. Garufi , M. E. Gáspár , G. Gemme , R. Geng , E. Genin , A. Gennai , L. Á. Gergely , S. Ghosh , J. A. Giaime , S. Giampanis , K. D. Giardina , A. Giazotto , C. Gill , E. Goetz , L. M. Goggin , G. González , M. L. Gorodetsky , S. Goßler , R. Gouaty , C. 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Kanner , E. Katsavounidis , W. Katzman , H. Kaufer , K. Kawabe , S. Kawamura , F. Kawazoe , W. Kells , D. G. Keppel , Z. Keresztes , A. Khalaidovski , F. Y. Khalili , E. A. Khazanov , B. Kim , C. Kim , D. Kim , H. Kim , K. Kim , N. Kim , Y. -M. Kim , P. J. King , M. Kinsey , D. L. Kinzel , J. S. Kissel , S. Klimenko , K. Kokeyama , V. Kondrashov , R. Kopparapu , S. Koranda , W. Z. Korth , I. Kowalska , D. Kozak , V. Kringel , S. Krishnamurthy , B. Krishnan , A. Królak , G. Kuehn , R. Kumar , P. Kwee , M. Laas-Bourez , P. K. Lam , M. Landry , M. Lang , B. Lantz , N. Lastzka , C. Lawrie , A. Lazzarini , P. Leaci , C. H. Lee , H. M. Lee , N. Leindecker , J. R. Leong , I. Leonor , N. Leroy , N. Letendre , J. Li , T. G. F. Li , N. Liguori , P. E. Lindquist , N. A. Lockerbie , D. Lodhia , M. Lorenzini , V. Loriette , M. Lormand , G. Losurdo , J. Luan , M. Lubinski , H. Lück , A. P. Lundgren , E. Macdonald , B. Machenschalk , M. MacInnis , D. M. Macleod , M. Mageswaran , K. Mailand , E. 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Raab , D. S. Rabeling , I. Rácz , H. Radkins , P. Raffai , M. Rakhmanov , C. R. Ramet , B. Rankins , P. Rapagnani , S. Rapoport , V. Raymond , V. Re , K. Redwine , C. M. Reed , T. Reed , T. Regimbau , S. Reid , D. H. Reitze , F. Ricci , R. Riesen , K. Riles , N. A. Robertson , F. Robinet , C. Robinson , E. L. Robinson , A. Rocchi , S. Roddy , C. Rodriguez , M. Rodruck , L. Rolland , J. Rollins , J. D. Romano , R. Romano , J. H. Romie , D. Rosińska , C. Röver , S. Rowan , A. Rüdiger , P. Ruggi , K. Ryan , H. Ryll , P. Sainathan , M. Sakosky , F. Salemi , L. Sammut , L. Sancho de la Jordana , V. Sandberg , S. Sankar , V. Sannibale , L. Santamaría , I. Santiago-Prieto , G. Santostasi , B. Sassolas , B. S. Sathyaprakash , S. Sato , M. Satterthwaite , P. R. Saulson , R. L. Savage , R. Schilling , S. Schlamminger , R. Schnabel , R. M. S. Schofield , B. Schulz , B. F. Schutz , P. Schwinberg , J. Scott , S. M. Scott , A. C. Searle , F. Seifert , D. Sellers , A. S. Sengupta , D. Sentenac , A. 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Zhang , C. Zhao , N. Zotov , M. E. Zucker , J. Zweizig , C. Akerlof , M. Boer , R. Fender , N. Gehrels , A. Klotz , E. O. Ofek , M. Smith , M. Sokolowski , B. W. Stappers , I. Steele , J. Swinbank , R. A. M. J. Wijers , W. Zheng

Detection of gravitational waves from inspiraling compact binaries using a network of interferometric detectors

We formulate the data analysis problem for the detection of the Newtonian waveform from an inspiraling compact-binary by a network of arbitrarily oriented and arbitrarily distributed laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Sukanta Bose , Archana Pai , Sanjeev Dhurandhar

Merging Rates of Compact Binaries in Galaxies: Perspectives for Gravitational Wave Detections

We investigate the merging rates of compact binaries in galaxies, and the related detection rate of gravitational wave (GW) events with AdvLIGO/Virgo and with the Einstein Telescope. To this purpose, we rely on three basic ingredients: (i)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-04 L. Boco , A. Lapi , S. Goswami , F. Perrotta , C. Baccigalupi , L. Danese

Estimating parameters of coalescing compact binaries with proposed advanced detector networks

The advanced versions of the LIGO and Virgo ground-based gravitational-wave detectors are expected to operate from three sites: Hanford, Livingston, and Cascina. Recent proposals have been made to place a fourth site in Australia or India;…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-05-28 J. Veitch , I. Mandel , B. Aylott , B. Farr , V. Raymond , C. Rodriguez , M. van der Sluys , V. Kalogera , A. Vecchio

Multiband gravitational-wave event rates and stellar physics

Joint gravitational-wave detections of stellar-mass black-hole binaries by ground- and space-based observatories will provide unprecedented opportunities for fundamental physics and astronomy. We present a semianalytic method to estimate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-22 Davide Gerosa , Sizheng Ma , Kaze W. K. Wong , Emanuele Berti , Richard O'Shaughnessy , Yanbei Chen , Krzysztof Belczynski

Observational Limit on Gravitational Waves from Binary Neutron Stars in the Galaxy

Using optimal matched filtering, we search 25 hours of data from the LIGO 40-meter prototype laser interferometric gravitational-wave detector for gravitational-wave chirps emitted by coalescing binary systems within our Galaxy. This is the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-08-27 B. Allen , J. K. Blackburn , P. R. Brady , J. D. E. Creighton , T. Creighton , S. Droz , A. D. Gillespie , S. A. Hughes , S. Kawamura , T. T. Lyons , J. E. Mason , B. J. Owen , F. J. Raab , M. W. Regehr , B. S. Sathyaprakash , R. L. Savage, , S. Whitcomb , A. G. Wiseman

Localization of short duration gravitational-wave transients with the early advanced LIGO and Virgo detectors

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo, advanced ground-based gravitational-wave detectors, will begin collecting science data in 2015. With first detections expected to follow, it is important to quantify…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-11 Reed Essick , Salvatore Vitale , Erik Katsavounidis , Gabriele Vedovato , Sergey Klimenko

Degeneracies in Sky Localisation Determination from a Spinning Coalescing Binary through Gravitational Wave Observations: a Markov-Chain Monte-Carlo Analysis for two Detectors

Gravitational-wave signals from inspirals of binary compact objects (black holes and neutron stars) are primary targets of the ongoing searches by ground-based gravitational-wave interferometers (LIGO, Virgo, and GEO-600). We present…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-04 V. Raymond , M. V. van der Sluys , I. Mandel , V. Kalogera , C. Roever , N. Christensen

Gravitational Wave Detection by Interferometry (Ground and Space)

Significant progress has been made in recent years on the development of gravitational wave detectors. Sources such as coalescing compact binary systems, neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries, stellar collapses and pulsars are all…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Matthew Pitkin , Stuart Reid , Sheila Rowan , Jim Hough

Of Harbingers and Higher Modes: Improved gravitational-wave early-warning of compact binary mergers

A crucial component to maximizing the science gain from the multi-messenger follow-up of gravitational-wave (GW) signals from compact binary mergers is the prompt discovery of the electromagnetic counterpart. Ideally, the GW detection and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-06 Shasvath J. Kapadia , Mukesh Kumar Singh , Md Arif Shaikh , Deep Chatterjee , Parameswaran Ajith

Facilitating follow-up of LIGO-Virgo events using rapid sky localization

Fast and effective localization of gravitational wave (GW) events could play a crucial role in identifying possible electromagnetic counterparts, and thereby help usher in an era of GW multi-messenger astronomy. We discuss an algorithm for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-08 Hsin-Yu Chen , Daniel E. Holz

LIGO-Virgo searches for gravitational waves from coalescing binaries: a status update

Coalescing compact binaries of neutron stars and/or black holes are considered as one of the most promising sources for Earth based gravitational wave detectors. The LIGO-Virgo joint collaboration's Compact Binary Coalescence (CBC) group is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-08-13 Anand S. Sengupta

Gravitational Waves from Extragalactic Inspiraling Binaries: Selection Effects and Expected Detection Rates

We examine the selection effects that determine how the population of inspiraling binary compact objects (BCOs) is reflected by those potentially observed with ground-based interferometers like LIGO. We lay the ground-work for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Philip Nutzman , Vicky Kalogera , Lee Samuel Finn , Cy Hendrickson , Krzysztof Belczynski

Localization of binary mergers with gravitational-wave detectors of second and third generation

The observation of gravitational wave signals from binary black hole mergers has established the field of gravitational wave astronomy. It is expected that future networks of gravitational wave detectors will possess great potential in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-06 Joseph Mills , Vaibhav Tiwari , Stephen Fairhurst

Improved early warning of compact binary mergers using higher modes of gravitational radiation: A population study

A gravitational-wave (GW) early-warning of a compact-binary coalescence event, with a sufficiently tight localisation skymap, would allow telescopes to point in the direction of the potential electromagnetic counterpart before its onset.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-25 Mukesh Kumar Singh , Shasvath J. Kapadia , Md Arif Shaikh , Deep Chatterjee , Parameswaran Ajith

A Machine Learning Based Source Property Inference for Compact Binary Mergers

The detection of the binary neutron star (BNS) merger, GW170817, was the first success story of multi-messenger observations of compact binary mergers. The inferred merger rate along with the increased sensitivity of the ground-based…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-24 Deep Chatterjee , Shaon Ghosh , Patrick R. Brady , Shasvath J. Kapadia , Andrew L. Miller , Samaya Nissanke , Francesco Pannarale

Identifying the hosts of binary black hole and neutron star-black hole mergers with next-generation gravitational-wave detectors

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration has detected over one hundred compact binary mergers in gravitational waves, but the formation history of these binaries remains an open question. Finding the host galaxies of these mergers will provide…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-16 Geoffrey Mo , Hsin-Yu Chen