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Gravitational waves potentially represent our only direct probe of the universe when it was less than one second old. In particular, first-order phase transitions in the early universe can generate a stochastic background of gravitational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Tina Kahniashvili , Arthur Kosowsky , Grigol Gogoberidze , Yurii Maravin

A gravitational wave traversing the line of sight to a distant source produces a frequency shift which contributes to redshift space distortion. As a consequence, gravitational waves are imprinted as density fluctuations in redshift space.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-30 Somnath Bharadwaj , Tapomoy Guha Sarkar

We propose a Doppler tracking system for gravitational wave detection via Double Optical Clocks in Space (DOCS). In this configuration two spacecrafts (each containing an optical clock) are launched to space for Doppler shift observations.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-04-18 Jianfeng Su , Qiang Wang , Qinghua Wang , Philippe Jetzer

We propose a new detection strategy for gravitational waves (GWs) below few Hertz based on a correlated array of atom interferometers (AIs). Our proposal allows to reduce the Newtonian Noise (NN) which limits all ground based GW detectors…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-01-20 W. Chaibi , R. Geiger , B. Canuel , A. Bertoldi , A. Landragin , P. Bouyer

A new detection method for ultra-low frequency gravitational waves (GWs) with a frequency much lower than the observational range of pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) was suggested in Yonemaru et al. (2016). In the PTA analysis, ultra-low…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-02 Naoyuki Yonemaru , Hiroki Kumamoto , Keitaro Takahashi , Sachiko Kuroyanagi

In a general metric theory of gravitation in four dimensions, six polarizations of a gravitational wave are allowed: two scalar and two vector modes, in addition to two tensor modes in general relativity. Such additional polarization modes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-09-23 Atsushi Nishizawa , Kazuhiro Hayama

The gravitational wave (GW) has opened a new window to the universe beyond the electromagnetic spectrum. Since 2015, dozens of GW events have been caught by the ground-based GW detectors through laser interferometry. However, all the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-07 Mengxu Liu , Biping Gong

The DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (DECIGO) is a planned space-based, next-generation gravitational wave detector aimed at observing primordial gravitational waves originating form cosmic inflation. This work…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-23 Kenji Tsuji , Tomohiro Ishikawa , Kentaro Komori , Yutaro Enomoto , Yuta Michimura , Kurumi Umemura , Shoki Iwaguchi , Keiko Kokeyama , Seiji Kawamura

We present a review of modern optical techniques being used and developed for the field of gravitational wave detection. We describe the current state-of-the-art of gravitational waves detector technologies with regard to optical layouts,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-27 G. Hammond , S. Hild , M. Pitkin

The first detection of a gravitational-wave signal of a coalescence of two black holes marked the beginning of the era of gravitational-wave astronomy, which opens exciting new possibilities in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-29 Stefan Grimm , Jan Harms

Gravitational-wave detectors can search for yet-undiscovered ultralight bosons, including those conjectured to solve problems in particle physics, high-energy theory and cosmology. Ground-based instruments could probe boson masses between…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-07 Maximiliano Isi , Ling Sun , Richard Brito , Andrew Melatos

Brief review of principal ideas, estimates and schemes proposed by Russian research groups in respect of the gravitational radiation generated and detected in the laboratory condition is presented. Analysis leads to conclusion that the more…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 V. N. Rudenko

The quantum noise of the light field is a fundamental noise source in interferometric gravitational wave detectors. Injected squeezed light is capable of reducing the quantum noise contribution to the detector noise floor to values that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Schnabel , J. Harms , K. A. Strain , K. Danzmann

A detection of the stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) from unresolved compact binary coalescences could be made by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo at their design sensitivities. However, it is possible for magnetic noise that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-11-18 Patrick M. Meyers , Katarina Martinovic , Nelson Christensen , Mairi Sakellariadou

Detecting gravitational waves above 100 kHz would constitute a major discovery, as any observable signal would have to arise from new physics within the late universe. Although many technologies have been identified to explore this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-01-19 Asher Berlin , Dawid Brzeminski , Erwin H. Tanin

In a recent table-top experiment we demonstrated the compatibility of three advanced interferometer techniques for gravitational wave detection, namely power-recycling, detuned signal-recycling and squeezed field injection. The…

Detecting a stochastic gravitational wave background requires that we first understand and model any astrophysical foregrounds. In the millihertz frequency band, the predominate foreground signal will be from unresolved white dwarf binaries…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-01-23 Matthew R. Adams , Neil J. Cornish

The direct detection of gravitational waves opens the possibility to test general relativity and its alternatives in the strong field regime. Here we focus on the test of the existence of extra dimensions. The classification of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-26 Yu-Qiang Liu , Yu-Qi Dong , Yu-Xiao Liu

Massive gravitons are features of some alternatives to general relativity. This has motivated experiments and observations that, so far, have been consistent with the zero mass graviton of general relativity, but further tests will be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-01-27 Kejia Lee , Fredrick A. Jenet , Richard H. Price , Norbert Wex , Michael Kramer

The effect of an excitation of a gravitational wave (GW) on shock waves in a highly magnetized plasma, GMSW, is studied as an effective means for the detection of GW radiated by neutron stars. It is shown that there is every reason to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-27 Yu. G. Ignatyev