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The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will explore the source-rich milli-Hertz band of the gravitational wave spectrum. In contrast to ground based detectors, where typical signals are short-lived and discrete, LISA signals are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-09 Travis Robson , Neil Cornish

Using relative stellar astrometry for the detection of coherent gravitational wave sources is a promising method for the microhertz range, where no dedicated detectors currently exist. Compared to other gravitational wave detection…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-25 Benjamin Zhang , Kris Pardo , Yijun Wang , Luke Bouma , Tzu-Ching Chang , Olivier Doré

We consider a potentially new class of gravitational wave sources consisting of a white dwarf coalescing into a massive black hole in the mass range ~10^4-10^5\msun. These sources are of particular interest because the gravitational wave…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Sesana , A. Vecchio , M. Eracleous , S. Sigurdsson

Gravitational-wave detectors with sensitivities sufficient to measure the radiation from astrophysical sources are rapidly coming into existence. By the end of this decade, there will exist several ground-based instruments in North America,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Scott A. Hughes , Szabolcs Marka , Peter L. Bender , Craig J. Hogan

The precursor ESA mission LISA-Pathfinder, to be flown in 2013, aims at demonstrating the feasibility of the free-fall, necessary for LISA, the upcoming space-born gravitational wave observatory. LISA Technology Package (LTP) is planned to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-04 G. Congedo , F. De Marchi , L. Ferraioli , M. Hueller , S. Vitale , M. Hewitson , M. Nofrarias , A. Monsky , M. Armano , A. Grynagier , M. Diaz-Aguilo , E. Plagnol , B. Rais

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is scheduled to launch in the mid 2030s, and is expected to observe gravitational-wave candidates from massive black-hole binary mergers, extreme mass-ratio inspirals, and more. Accurately…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-21 Charlie Hoy , Laura K. Nuttall

Gravitational wave science should transform in this decade from a study of what has not been seen to a full-fledged field of astronomy in which detected signals reveal the nature of cataclysmic events and exotic objects. The LIGO Scientific…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-11 Keith Riles

Galactic white dwarf binaries (WDBs) and black hole binaries (BHBs) will be gravitational wave (GW) sources for LISA. Their detection will provide insights into binary evolution and the evolution of our Galaxy through cosmic history. Here,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-24 Petra Tang , Jan Eldridge , Renate Meyer , Astrid Lamberts , Guillaume Boileau , Wouter van Zeist

Galactic core-collapse supernovae are among the possible sources of gravitational waves. We investigate the ability of gravitational-wave observatories to extract the properties of the collapsing progenitor from the gravitational waves…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-28 Chaitanya Afle , Duncan A Brown

We reanalyze the detection possibilities for gravitational waves arising from cosmological first order phase transitions. We discuss the stochastic gravitational wave background corresponding to the three expected scenarios of phase…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-30 Margot Fitz Axen , Sharan Banagiri , Andrew Matas , Chiara Caprini , Vuk Mandic

One of the goals of gravitational-wave astronomy is simultaneous detection of gravitational-wave signals from merging compact-object binaries and the electromagnetic transients from these mergers. With the next generation of advanced…

Gravitational waves (GWs) originating from cosmological sources offer direct insights into the physics of the primordial Universe, the fundamental nature of gravity, and the cosmic expansion of the Universe. In this review paper, we present…

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) guarantees the detection of gravitational waves by monitoring a handful of known nearby galactic binary systems, the so-called ``verification binaries''. We consider the most updated information…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Stroeer , A. Vecchio

The public release of data from the LIGO and Virgo detectors has enabled the identification of potential gravitational wave signals by independent teams using alternative methodologies. In addition to the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-21 Daniel Williams

We forecast the prospective of detection for a stochastic gravitational wave background sourced by cosmological first-order phase transitions. We focus on first-order phase transitions with negligible plasma effects, and consider the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-30 Daniel G. Figueroa , Eugenio Megias , Germano Nardini , Mauro Pieroni , Mariano Quiros , Angelo Ricciardone , Gianmassimo Tasinato

The advent of gravitational wave astronomy provides new proving grounds for testing theories of gravity. Recent work has reinvigorated the study of bimetric theories of gravity and massive gravity theories. One of the most interesting…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-14 Jeffrey S. Hazboun , Manuel Pichardo Marcano , Shane L. Larson

Gravitational wave astrophysics requires accurate evaluation of the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) and the Probability of Detection (Pdet) for applications such as population simulations and hierarchical Bayesian inference with selection…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-30 Hemantakumar Phurailatpam , Otto Akseli Hannuksela

The direct detection of gravitational waves (GWs) opened a new chapter in the modern cosmology to probe possible deviations from the general relativity (GR) theory. In the present work, we investigate for the first time the modified GW form…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-09-16 Rafael C. Nunes , Marcio E. S. Alves , Jose C. N. de Araujo

In the next decade, new astrophysical instruments will deliver the first large-scale maps of gravitational waves and radio sources. Therefore, it is timely to investigate the possibility to combine them to provide new and complementary ways…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-19 Alvise Raccanelli

Coalescing binaries in distant galaxies are one of the most promising sources of gravitational waves detectable by the LIGO project.$^{[1-5]}$ They are also a copious source of neutrinos,$^{[1]}$ however these neutrino pulses are far too…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Christopher S. Kochanek , Tsvi Piran