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We calculate the production of the gravitational waves from a double inflation model with lattice simulations. Between the two inflationary stages, gravitational waves with a characteristic frequency are produced by fluctuations of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-27 Masahiro Kawasaki , Ken'ichi Saikawa , Naoyuki Takeda

This review describes the discovery of gravitational waves. We recount the journey of predicting and finding those waves, since its beginning in the early twentieth century, their prediction by Einstein in 1916, theoretical and experimental…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2016-09-30 Jorge L. Cervantes-Cota , Salvador Galindo-Uribarri , George F. Smoot

Since 1978 superconducting coupled cavities have been proposed as sensitive detector of gravitational waves. The interaction of the gravitational wave with the cavity walls, and the resulting motion, induces the transition of some…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Ph. Bernard , A. Chincarini , G. Gemme , R. Parodi , E. Picasso

Gravitational waves provide a novel and powerful way to test astrophysical models of compact objects, early universe processes, beyond the Standard Model particle physics, dark matter candidates, Einstein's theory of General Relativity and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-03 Mairi Sakellariadou

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

We discuss different ways that neutron stars can generate gravitational waves, describe recent improvements in modelling the relevant scenarios in the context of improving detector sensitivity, and show how observations are beginning to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-28 N. Andersson , V. Ferrari , D. I. Jones , K. D. Kokkotas , B. Krishnan , J. Read , L. Rezzolla , B. Zink

We discuss the detectability of gravitational waves with a time dependent mass contribution, by means of the stochastic gravitational wave observations. Such a mass term typically arises in the cosmological solutions of massive gravity…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-12-13 A. Emir Gumrukcuoglu , Sachiko Kuroyanagi , Chunshan Lin , Shinji Mukohyama , Norihiro Tanahashi

The observation of gravitational waves has opened a new window into the Universe through gravitational-wave astronomy. However, high-frequency gravitational waves remain undetected. In this work, we propose that spin systems can be employed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-14 Jiamin Liang , Mingqiu Li , Yu Gao , Wei Ji , Sichun Sun , Qi-Shu Yan

It is presented a brief review on gravitational waves (GWs). It is shown how the wave equation is obtained from Einstein's equations and how many and how are the polarization modes of these waves. It is discussed the reasons why GWs sources…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-05-14 J. C. N. de Araujo

We review current best estimates of the strength and detectability of the gravitational waves from a variety of sources, for both ground-based and space-based detectors, and we describe the information carried by the waves.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Curt Cutler , Kip S. Thorne

Gravitational wave detectors now under construction are sensitive to the phase of the incident gravitational waves. Correspondingly, the signals from the different detectors can be combined, in the analysis, to simulate a single detector of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-12-31 Lee Samuel Finn

We investigate the generation of gravitational waves in power-law inflationary models. The energy spectrum of the gravitational waves is calculated using the method of continuous Bogoliubov coefficients. We show that, by looking at the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-28 Paulo M. Sá , Alfredo B. Henriques

Gravitational waves provide a unique window into gravity, cosmology, and high-energy physics, enabling the exploration of fundamental phenomena across a wide range of scales. This review presents a coherent and pedagogical framework that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-25 Azadeh Maleknejad

This chapter introduces the fundamental principles of gravitational wave detectors in a simple and comprehensive manner. Because these instruments aim for extremely high sensitivity, it is essential to understand their various noise…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-29 Marina Trad-Nery , Margherita Turconi , Walid Chaibi

We use the basic equations that predict the emission of gravitational waves according to the Einstein gravitation theory to calculate the luminosities and the amplitudes of the waves generated by binary stars, pulsations of neutron stars,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-03-11 M. Cattani

With the detection of Gravitational waves just about an year ago Einstein`s general theory of relativity- a space-time theory of gravity, got established on a firmer footing than any other theory in physics. Gravitational waves are just…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-27 A. R. Prasanna

The Advanced LIGO observatory recently reported the first direct detection of gravitational waves predicted by Einstein (1916). We report on the first optical observations of the Gravitational Wave (GW) source GW150914 error region with the…

Gravitational wave detectors are already operating at interesting sensitivity levels, and they have an upgrade path that should result in secure detections by 2014. We review the physics of gravitational waves, how they interact with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-13 B. S. Sathyaprakash , B. F. Schutz

A world-wide array of highly sensitive interferometers stands poised to usher in a new era in astronomy with the first direct detection of gravitational waves. The data from these instruments will provide a unique perspective on extreme…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-02-27 Neil J. Cornish

Primordial gravitational waves are a crucial prediction of inflation theory, and their detection through their imprints on the cosmic microwave background is actively being pursued. However, these attempts have not yet been successful. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-06 Yan-Heng Yu , Sai Wang