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We investigate the reach of the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA detectors in the search for signatures of first-order phase transitions in the early Universe. Utilising data from the first three observing runs, we derive constraints on the parameters of…

A network of three or more gravitational wave detectors simultaneously taking data is required to generate a well-localized sky map for gravitational wave sources, such as GW170817. Local seismic disturbances often cause the LIGO and Virgo…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-10 Ayon Biswas , Jess McIver , Ashish Mahabal

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

Aims. The detection and measurement of gravitational-waves from coalescing neutron-star binary systems is an important science goal for ground-based gravitational-wave detectors. In addition to emitting gravitational-waves at frequencies…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 The LIGO Scientific Collaboration , The Virgo Collaboration

We use the simulated gravitational-wave data to explore the evolution of the universe in light of current observations of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Taking advantage of state-of-the-art Markov Chain…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-27 Deng Wang , Xin-He Meng

The NASA LISA Study Team was tasked to study how NASA might support US scientists to participate and maximize the science return from the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission. LISA is gravitational wave observatory led by ESA…

We describe the angular sensing and control of the 4 km detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). The culmination of first generation LIGO detectors, Enhanced LIGO operated between 2009 and 2010 with about…

The nascent field of gravitational-wave astronomy offers many opportunities for effective and inspirational astronomy outreach. Gravitational waves, the "ripples in space-time" predicted by Einstein's theory of General Relativity, are…

The scientific potential of a wide field-of-view, and very-high duty cycle, ground-based gamma-ray detector has been demonstrated by the current generation of instruments, such as HAWC and ARGO, and will be further extended in the Northern…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-31 Ulisses Barres de Almeida

We propose an atom interferometer gravitational wave detector in low Earth orbit (AGIS-LEO). Gravitational waves can be observed by comparing a pair of atom interferometers separated over a ~30 km baseline. In the proposed configuration,…

The physics of gravitational wave and its detection in the recent experiment by the LIGO collaboration is discussed in simple terms for a general audience. The main article is devoid of any mathematics, but an appendix is included for…

Popular Physics · Physics 2016-05-09 A K Chaudhuri

We summarize the sensitivity achieved by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors for low-mass compact binary coalescence (CBC) searches during LIGO's sixth science run and Virgo's second and third science runs. We present strain…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-08-27 The LIGO Scientific Collaboration , The Virgo Collaboration

The recent discovery of gravitational waves (GW) by LIGO has impressively launched the novel field of gravitational astronomy and it allowed us to glimpse at exciting objects we could so far only speculate about. Further sensitivity…

Atom interferometers (AIs) on earth and in space offer good capabilities for measuring gravitational waves (GWs) in the mid-frequency deciHz band, complementing the sensitivities of the LIGO/Virgo and LISA experiments and enabling probes of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-01 John Ellis , Ville Vaskonen

We describe a case study of translational research, applying interpretability techniques developed for computer vision to machine learning models used to search for and find gravitational waves. The models we study are trained to detect…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-02-16 Mohammadtaher Safarzadeh , Asad Khan , E. A. Huerta , Martin Wattenberg

Machine learning has emerged as a popular and powerful approach for solving problems in astrophysics. We review applications of machine learning techniques for the analysis of ground-based gravitational-wave detector data. Examples include…

We place direct upper limits on the amplitude of gravitational waves from 28 isolated radio pulsars by a coherent multi-detector analysis of the data collected during the second science run of the LIGO interferometric detectors. These are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 The LIGO Scientific Collaboration , B. Abbott , M. Kramer , A. G. Lyne

We present recent results from searches by the LIGO Science Collaboration for bursts of gravitational-wave radiation, as well as the status of other ongoing searches. These include directed searches for bursts associated with observed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-06-29 K. A. Thorne

One of the most ambitious goals of gravitational-wave astronomy is to observe the stochastic gravitational-wave background. Correlated noise in two or more detectors can introduce a systematic error, which limits the sensitivity of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-27 Eric Thrane , Nelson Christensen , Robert Schofield

A method of detecting of short scalar gravitational waves with a wavelength of ~ 0.5 micrometers is proposed, in contrast to LIGO Project, aimed at detecting of long quadrupole gravitational waves with a wavelength in interval from 43 till…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-23 Valery A. Zhukov