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In this paper we elaborate on earlier work by the same authors in which a novel Bayesian inference framework for testing the strong-field dynamics of General Relativity using coalescing compact binaries was proposed. Unlike methods that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-03 T. G. F. Li , W. Del Pozzo , S. Vitale , C. Van Den Broeck , M. Agathos , J. Veitch , K. Grover , T. Sidery , R. Sturani , A. Vecchio

The construction of ready to use templates for gravitational waves from spinning binaries is an important challenge in the investigation of detectable gravitational wave signals. Here we present a method to evaluate the gravitational wave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 János Majár , Mátyás Vasúth

The inspirals and mergers of compact binaries are among the most promising events for ground-based gravitational-wave (GW) observatories. The detection of electromagnetic (EM) signals from these sources would provide complementary…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Samaya M. Nissanke , Jonathan L. Sievers , Neal Dalal , Daniel E. Holz

The Stokes V parameter characterizes asymmetry of amplitudes between right- and left-handed waves, and non-vanishing value of the V parameter yields a circularly polarized signal. Cosmologically, V parameter may be a direct probe for parity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Naoki Seto , Atsushi Taruya

This review provides a conceptual and technical survey of methods for parameter estimation of gravitational wave signals in ground-based interferometers such as LIGO and Virgo. We introduce the framework of Bayesian inference and provide an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-01 Javier Roulet , Tejaswi Venumadhav

The polarization of electromagnetic waves in the presence of a gravitational wave is analyzed. The rotation of the polarization angle and the Stokes parameters are deduced. A possible application to the detection of stochastic background of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-02-03 Shahen Hacyan

The direct detection of gravitational waves with the next generation detectors, like Advanced LIGO, provides the opportunity to measure deviations from the predictions of General Relativity. One such departure would be the existence of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-04-24 Maximiliano Isi , Alan J. Weinstein , Carver Mead , Matthew Pitkin

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

Gravitational-wave (GW) detections of binary neutron star coalescences play a crucial role to constrain the microscopic interaction of matter at ultrahigh density. Similarly, if boson stars exist in the universe their coalescence can be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-17 Costantino Pacilio , Massimo Vaglio , Andrea Maselli , Paolo Pani

Now that detection of gravitational wave signals from the coalescence of extra-galactic compact binary star mergers has become nearly routine, it is intriguing to consider other potential gravitational wave signatures. Here we examine the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-19 Keith Riles

The coalescence of compact binaries containing neutron stars or black holes is one of the most promising signals for advanced ground-based laser interferometer gravitational-wave detectors, with the first direct detections expected over the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-02 Simon Stevenson , Frank Ohme , Stephen Fairhurst

We investigate the detectability of massive mode of polarization of Gravitational Waves (GWs) in f(R) theory of gravity associated with Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) sources. We obtain the beam pattern function of Laser Interferometric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-11-22 P. Prasia , V. C. Kuriakose

Gravitational waves from the coalescence of compact binaries, together with an associated electromagnetic counterpart, are ideal probes of cosmological models. As demonstrated with GW170817, such multimessenger observations allow one to use…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-16 E. Chassande-Mottin , K. Leyde , S. Mastrogiovanni , D. A. Steer

A valuable target for advanced gravitational-wave detectors is the stochastic gravitational-wave background. The stochastic background imparts a weak correlated signal into networks of gravitational-wave detectors, and so standard searches…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-26 Thomas Callister , Michael Coughlin , Jonah Kanner

Thanks to the recent discoveries of gravitational wave signals from binary black hole mergers by Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory and Advanced Virgo, the genuinely strong-field dynamics of spacetime can now be…

The rotation of the bodies and the eccentricity of the orbit have significant effects on the emitted gravitational radiation of binary systems. This work focuses on the evaluation of the gravitational wave polarization states for spinning…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 János Majár , Mátyás Vasúth

Gravitational waves detected from well-localized inspiraling binaries would allow us to determine, directly and independently, binary luminosity and redshift. In this case, such systems could behave as "standard candles" providing an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Ivan De Martino , Salvatore Capozziello , Mariafelicia De Laurentis , Michelangelo Formisano

The stochastic gravitational wave background from compact binary coalescences is expected to be the first detectable stochastic signal via cross-correlation searches with terrestrial detectors. It encodes the cumulative merger history of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-17 Michael Ebersold , Tania Regimbau

Inflation predicts specific relations between the amplitudes and spectral indices of the primordial spectrum of density (scalar metric) perturbations and gravitational waves (tensor metric perturbations). Detection of a stochastic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-25 Marc Kamionkowski , Arthur Kosowsky

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