Einstein@Home search for continuous gravitational waves from Cassiopeia A

Searching for gravitational waves from Cassiopeia A with LIGO

We describe a search underway for periodic gravitational waves from the central compact object in the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. The object is the youngest likely neutron star in the Galaxy. Its position is well known, but the object does not pulse in any electromagnetic radiation band and thus presents a challenge in searching the parameter space of frequency and frequency derivatives. We...

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....

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, ...

A directed search for Continuous Gravitational Waves from the Galactic Center

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...