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We propose two distinct atom interferometer gravitational wave detectors, one terrestrial and another satellite-based, utilizing the core technology of the Stanford $10 \text{m}$ atom interferometer presently under construction. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-06-22 Savas Dimopoulos , Peter W. Graham , Jason M. Hogan , Mark A. Kasevich , Surjeet Rajendran

Several filtering methods for the detection of gravitational wave bursts in interferometric detectors are presented. These are simple and fast methods which can act as online triggers. All methods are compared to matched filtering with the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Pradier , N. Arnaud , M. -A. Bizouard , F. Cavalier , M. Davier , P. Hello

Binary systems of two compact objects circularize and spiral toward each other via the emission of gravitational waves. The coupling of the spins of each object with the orbital angular momentum causes the orbital plane to precess, which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-02-08 Katerina Chatziioannou , Antoine Klein , Neil Cornish , Nicolas Yunes

A new heterodyne detection method is suggested for detecting gravitational waves in a Michelson Interferometer. The method is based on interference between phase changes which are induced by a vibrating mirror with phase changes which are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Y. Ben-Aryeh

We describe an optical simulation program that models a complete, coupled-cavity interferometer like those used by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Project. A wide variety of interferometer deformations can be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Brett Bochner , Yaron Hefetz

This work introduces a geometrical method for analyzing transient gravitational waves recorded at interferometric observatories. This approach is intended to aid in assessing the performance and sensitivity of next-generation detector…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-19 Osvaldo M. Moreschi

The detection of gravitational waves is possible thanks to a multidisciplinary approach, involving different disciplines such as astrophysics, physics, engineering and quantum optics. Consequently, it is important today for teachers to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-25 Matteo Luca Ruggiero

We consider a recent scheme of gravitational wave detection using atomic interferometers as inertial sensors, and reinvestigate its configuration using the concept of sensitivity functions. We show that such configuration can suppress noise…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-10-20 Biao Tang , Baocheng Zhang , Lin Zhou , Jin Wang , Mingsheng Zhan

Bayesian inference of gravitational wave signals is subject to systematic error due to modelling uncertainty in waveform signal models, coined approximants. A growing collection of approximants are available which use different approaches…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-03-25 Gregory Ashton , Sebastian Khan

The relationship between pulsar-like compact stars and gravitational waves is briefly reviewed. Due to regular spins, pulsars could be useful tools for us to detect ~nano-Hz low-frequency gravitational waves by pulsar-timing array…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-09-14 K. J. Lee , R. X. Xu , G. J. Qiao

Observations of gravitational waves from massive binary black hole systems at cosmological distances can be used to search for a dependence of the speed of propagation of the waves on wavelength, and thereby to bound the mass of a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-02 Adamantios Stavridis , Clifford M. Will

Laser interferometer response to a plane gravitational wave on the Minkowski background is given. The derivation does not assume any particular gauge within a class compatible with almost Minkowskian coordinates that preserve a plane wave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-01-30 Arkadiusz Błaut

This paper is a review of a previous research on gravitational waves from the R^-1 high order theory of gravity. It is shown that a massive scalar mode of gravitational waves from the R^-1 theory generates a longitudinal force in addition…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 Christian Corda , Maria Felicia De Laurentis

Adaptive techniques are crucial for successful numerical modeling of gravitational waves from astrophysical sources such as coalescing compact binaries, since the radiation typically has wavelengths much larger than the scale of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Kimberly C. B. New , Dae-Il Choi , Joan M. Centrella , Peter MacNeice , Mijan F. Huq , Kevin Olson

Increased interest in pushing the frontier of gravitational wave searches to higher frequencies (kHz and beyond) has resulted in a variety of different proposed experimental concepts. A significant fraction of them are based on the coupling…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-06 Valerie Domcke , Joachim Kopp

We present a fully nonlinear calculation of the waveform of the gravitational radiation emitted in the fission of a vacuum white hole. At early times, the waveforms agree with close-approximation perturbative calculations but they reveal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Roberto Gomez , Sascha Husa , Luis Lehner , Jeffrey Winicour

This chapter is concerned with the question: how do gravitational waves (GWs) interact with their detectors? It is intended to be a theory review of the fundamental concepts involved in interferometric and acoustic (Weber bar) GW antennas.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-21 J. Alberto Lobo

We examined the output of a quantum Michelson interferometer incorporating the combined effects of nonlinear optomechanical interaction and time-varying gravitational fields. Our findings indicate a deviation from the standard relationship…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-08 Zhong-Kai Guo , Xiao-Yong Wang

The aims of this letter are two. First, to show the angular gauge-invariance on the response of interferometers to gravitational waves (GWs). In this process, after resuming for completeness results on the Transverse-Traceless (TT) gauge,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-10-20 Christian Corda

Largely motivated by the development of highly sensitive gravitational-wave detectors, our understanding of merging compact binaries and the gravitational waves they generate has improved dramatically in recent years. Breakthroughs in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-15 Scott A. Hughes