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Gravitational waves are predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity as well as other theories of gravity. The rotational stability of the fastest pulsars means that timing of an array of these objects can be used to detect and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 J. Ellis , M. A. McLaughlin , J. P. W. Verbiest

We present an effective, low-dimensionality frequency-domain template for the gravitational wave signal from the stellar remnants from binary neutron star coalescence. A principal component decomposition of a suite of numerical simulations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-13 James Alexander Clark , Andreas Bauswein , Nikolaos Stergioulas , Deirdre Shoemaker

Globular clusters are considered to be likely breeding grounds for compact binary mergers. In this paper, we demonstrate how the gravitational-wave signals produced by compact object mergers can act as tracers of globular cluster formation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-14 Isobel M. Romero-Shaw , Kyle Kremer , Paul D. Lasky , Eric Thrane , Johan Samsing

At the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, participants of the rapid response workshop on the gravitational wave background explored discrepancies between experimental results and theoretical models for a background originating from…

We estimate the stochastic gravitational-wave background arising from all stellar core-collapse events in the universe based on the gravitational-wave signal predictions of recent numerical simulations. We focus on waveforms from slowly or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-30 Bella Finkel , Haakon Andresen , Vuk Mandic

We do a complete calculation of the stochastic gravitational wave background to be expected from cosmic strings. We start from a population of string loops taken from simulations, smooth these by Lorentzian convolution as a model of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-06 Jose J. Blanco-Pillado , Ken D. Olum

We probe the astrophysical gravitational-wave background resulting from compact binary coalescences, focusing on Population III binary black holes. We exploit results of state-of-the-art simulations on the evolution of Population I-II and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-26 Nikolaos Kouvatsos , Mairi Sakellariadou

Boson stars have attracted much attention in recent decades as simple, self-consistent models of compact objects and also as self-gravitating structures formed in some dark-matter scenarios. Direct detection of these hypothetical objects…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-20 Miguel Bezares , Mateja Bošković , Steven Liebling , Carlos Palenzuela , Paolo Pani , Enrico Barausse

Over the next decade, third-generation interferometers and the space-based LISA mission will observe binaries in galactic centers involving supermassive black holes with millions of solar masses. More precise measurements of more extreme…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-09 Francisco Duque

In this letter we carry out the first systematic investigation of the expected gravitational wave (GW) background generated by supermassive black hole (SMBH) binaries in the nHz frequency band accessible to pulsar timing arrays (PTAs). We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 A. Sesana

Next-generation ground-based gravitational-wave observatories such as the Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer will detect $O(10^{5}-10^{6})$ signals from compact binary coalescences every year, the exact number depending on uncertainties…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-06 Luca Reali , Andrea Maselli , Emanuele Berti

A population of super-massive black hole binaries is expected to generate a stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) in the pulsar timing array (PTA) frequency range of $10^{-9}$--$10^{-7}$ Hz. Detection of this signal is a current…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-23 Bailey Sykes , Hannah Middleton , Andrew Melatos , Tiziana Di Matteo , Colin DeGraf , Aklant Bhowmick

The dynamics of coalescing compact binaries can be affected by the environment in which the systems evolve, leaving detectable signatures into the emitted gravitational signal. In this paper we investigate the ability of gravitational-wave…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-06 Vitor Cardoso , Andrea Maselli

Since gravitational and electromagnetic waves from a compact binary coalescence carry independent information about the source, the joint observation is important for understanding the physical mechanisms of the emissions. Rapid detection…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-09 Takuya Tsutsui , Atsushi Nishizawa , Soichiro Morisaki

Cosmological gamma-ray bursts may be powered by rotating black holes with contemporaneous emission of gravitational radiation from a surrounding torus. We calculate the resulting stochastic background radiation assuming strong cosmological…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 David M. Coward , Maurice H. P. M. van Putten , Ronald R. Burman

We present the first search for gravitational waves from the coalescence of stellar mass and sub-solar mass black holes with masses between $20 - 100~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ and $0.01 - 1~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}~($10 - 10^3$~\mathrm{M}_{J})$,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-20 Alexander Harvey Nitz , Yi-Fan Wang

We analyse the stochastic background of gravitational radiation emitted by a cosmological population of core-collapse supernovae. The supernova rate as a function of redshift is deduced from an observation-based determination of the star…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Valeria Ferrari , Sabino Matarrese , Raffaella Schneider

The stochastic background of gravitational wave signals arising from the core-collapse supernovae is produced through various complex mechanisms that need detailed and careful investigation. We proposed a simplified multi-peak waveform of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-27 Sourav Roy Chowdhury , Maxim Khlopov

The growing number of binary black hole mergers detected through gravitational waves offers unprecedented insight into their underlying population, yet their astrophysical formation channels remain unresolved. We present a new method to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-23 William J. Smith , Krystal Ruiz-Rocha , Kelly Holley-Bockelmann , Michela Mapelli , Karan Jani

We review the spectral properties of stochastic backgrounds of astrophysical origin and discuss how they may differ from the primordial contribution by their statistical properties. We show that stochastic searches with the next generation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-03 T. Regimbau , V. Mandic