Leveraging waveform complexity for confident detection of gravitational waves

Atom Interferometry for Detection of Gravitational Waves

The detection of Gravitational Waves

This chapter is concerned with the question: how do gravitational waves (GWs) interact with their detectors? It is intended to be a theoretical review of the fundamental concepts involved in interferometric and acoustic (Weber bar) GW antennas. In particular, the type of signal the GW deposits in the detector in each case will be assessed, as well as its intensity and deconvolution. Brief refer...

The Detection of Gravitational Waves

Gravitational waves, one of the more exotic predictions of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, may, after 80 years of controversy over their existence, be detected within the next decade. Sources such as coalescing compact binary systems, stellar collapses and pulsars are all possible candidates for detection. The most promising design of gravitational wave detector, offering the possibili...

Gravitational waves : Understanding and Detection

Gravitational waves carry information about catastrophic events in the universe. We give a brief description of gravitational waves with an overview of the current projects underway to detect them. We begin by discussing the theoretical prediction of gravitational waves from Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. We list several possible sources of these waves and describe how they produce gr...

The Detection of Gravitational Waves with LIGO

Gravitational wave emission is expected to arise from a variety of astrophysical phenomena. A new generation of detectors with sensitivity consistent with expectation from such sources is being developed. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), one of these ambitious undertakings, is being developed by a Caltech-MIT collaboration. It consists of two widely separated inte...