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Detached, inspiraling and semi-detached, mass-transferring double white dwarf (DWD) binary systems are both expected to be important sources for the proposed space-based gravitational-wave detector, LISA. The mass-radius relationship of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Ravi Kumar Kopparapu , Joel E. Tohline

I review the scientific potential of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), a space-borne gravitational wave (GW) observatory to be launched in the early 30s'. Thanks to its sensitivity in the milli-Hz frequency range, LISA will…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-26 Alberto Sesana

The magnitudes of the external gravitational perturbations associated with the normal modes of the Sun are evaluated to determine whether these solar oscillations could be observed with the proposed Laser Interferometer Space Antenna…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-09-09 Curt Cutler , Lee Lindblom

Binary interaction can cause stellar envelopes to be stripped, which significantly reduces the radius of the star. The orbit of a binary composed of a stripped star and a compact object can therefore be so tight that the gravitational…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-02 Y. Götberg , V. Korol , A. Lamberts , T. Kupfer , K. Breivik , B. Ludwig , M. R. Drout

Space-borne gravitational wave detectors, such as the proposed Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, are expected to observe black hole coalescences to high redshift and with large signal-to-noise ratios, rendering their gravitational waves…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-29 Nicolas Yunes , Frans Pretorius , David Spergel

We estimate the upper frequency cutoff of the galactic white dwarf binaries gravitational wave background that will be observable by the LISA detector. This is done by including the modulation of the gravitational wave signal due the motion…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrzej Krolak , Massimo Tinto

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), which is currently under construction, is designed to measure gravitational wave signals in the milli-Hertz frequency band. It is expected that tens of millions of Galactic binaries will be the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 Stefan H. Strub , Luigi Ferraioli , Cedric Schmelzbach , Simon C. Stähler , Domenico Giardini

The theory of general relativity (GR) predicts the existence of gravitational waves (GWs) with two tensor modes, while alternative theories propose up to six polarization modes. In this study, we investigate constraints on GW polarization…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-28 Jie Wu , Jin Li

Short-period double white dwarf (DWD) binaries will be the most prolific source of gravitational waves (GWs) for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). DWDs with GW frequencies below $\sim1$ mHz will be the dominant contributor to a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-05 Sarah Thiele , Katelyn Breivik , Robyn E. Sanderson , Rodrigo Luger

A plethora of gravitational wave stochastic backgrounds populate the sensitivity window of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna. We show that LISA can detect the anisotropy of the background corresponding to the multipole moments of order…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 C. Ungarelli , A. Vecchio

The nature of progenitors of Type Ia supernovae has long been debated, primarily due to the elusiveness of the progenitor systems to traditional electromagnetic observation methods. We argue that gravitational wave observations with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-30 Valeriya Korol , Riccardo Buscicchio , Ruediger Pakmor , Javier Morán-Fraile , Christopher J. Moore , Selma E. de Mink

The space-borne gravitational wave (GW) detectors, LISA and TAIJI, are planned to be launched in the 2030s. The dual detectors with comparable sensitivities will form a network observing GW with significant advantages. In this work, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-14 Gang Wang , Wei-Tou Ni , Wen-Biao Han , Peng Xu , Ziren Luo

Some electromagnetically observed ultra-compact binaries will be strong gravitational wave sources for space-based detectors like the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). These sources have historically been referred to as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-05 Tyson B. Littenberg , Ananthu K. Lali

Gravitational waves (GWs) produced by sound waves in the primordial plasma during a strong first-order phase transition in the early Universe are going to be a main target of the upcoming Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA)…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-11-17 Kai Schmitz

We determine the main properties of the Galactic binary black hole (BBH) population detectable by LISA and strategies to distinguish them from the much more numerous white dwarf binaries. We simulate BBH populations based on cosmological…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-18 Alberto Sesana , Astrid Lamberts , Antoine Petiteau

Double white dwarfs (DWDs) are by far the most common compact binaries in the Milky Way, are important low-frequency gravitational-wave sources, and in some cases merge to become Type Ia supernovae. So far, no DWD has been identified solely…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-16 Gautham Adamane Pallathadka , Yossef Zenati , Nadia L. Zakamska , Ngan H. Nguyen , Anthony L. Piro

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is designed to detect gravitational wave signals from astrophysical sources, including those from coalescing binary systems of compact objects such as black holes. Colliding galaxies have…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-04-22 Joey Shapiro Key , Neil J. Cornish

We report the discovery of a 1201 s orbital period binary, the third shortest-period detached binary known. SDSS J232230.20+050942.06 contains two He-core white dwarfs orbiting with a 27 deg inclination. Located 0.76 kpc from the Sun, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-15 Warren R. Brown , Mukremin Kilic , A. Bedard , Alekzander Kosakowski , P. Bergeron

GW170817 began gravitational-wave multimessenger astronomy. However, GW170817 will not be representative of detections in the coming years -- typical gravitational-wave sources will be closer the detection horizon, have larger localization…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-21 Chris Pankow , Monica Rizzo , Kaushik Rao , Christopher P. L. Berry , Vassiliki Kalogera

Accurate and efficient modeling of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) response is crucial for gravitational-wave (GW) data analysis. A key computational challenge lies in evaluating time-delay interferometry (TDI) variables,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-15 Jorge Valencia , Sascha Husa