Directed search for continuous gravitational waves from the Galactic center

Directed search for continuous gravitational waves from the Galactic center

J. Aasi, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, T. Accadia, F. Acernese, C. Adams, T. Adams, R.X. Adhikari, C. Affeldt, M. Agathos, N. Aggarwal, O.D. Aguiar, P. Ajith, B. Allen, A. Allocca, E. Amador Ceron, D. Amariutei, R. A. Anderson, S. B. Anderson, W.G. Anderson, K. Arai, M. C. Araya, C. Arceneaux, J. Areeda, S. Ast, S.M. Aston, P. Astone, P. Aufmuth, C. Aulbert, L....

A directed search for Continuous Gravitational Waves from the Galactic Center

Search for continuous gravitational waves from neutron stars

B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, T. Adams, P. Addesso, R. X. Adhikari, V. B. Adya, C. Affeldt, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, B. Allen, A. Allocca, P. A. Altin, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, K. Arai, M. C. Araya, C. C. Arceneaux, J. S. Areeda, N. Arnaud, K. G. Arun, S. Ascenzi, G. Ashton, M. Ast, ...

The Search for Gravitational Waves

The basic physics of g.w.'s emission, propagation and detection is outlined. The general features of candidate sources and detectors are discussed, showing how astrophysical emission events could be detected by devices not far from their Standard Quantum Limit. Two kinds of ground based detectors currently under active development, Km size interferometers and mK cold massive mechanical resonato...

Gravitational Waves from Stars Orbiting the Massive Black Hole at the Galactic Center

The LISA mission, a 5×106 km-base space-borne LASER interferometer to be launched around year 2010, will detect gravitational waves emitted by Galactic and extra-galactic sources. It has been predicted that one of the main astrophysical processes leading to strong emission in the LISA frequency band is the capture of a compact star by a black hole with a mass of a few million solar masses in th...