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Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors
- L. S. Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration J. Abadie, +708 authors K. Belczynski
- Physics
- 12 March 2010
We present an up-to-date, comprehensive summary of the rates for all types of compact binary coalescence sources detectable by the initial and advanced versions of the ground-based gravitational-wave… Expand
Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run
- The Ligo Scientific Collaboration, T. V. C. J. Aasi, +867 authors M. Zucker
- Physics
- 28 October 2014
In 2009–2010, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) operated together with international partners Virgo and GEO600 as a network to search for gravitational waves (GWs) of… Expand
An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin
- B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, +497 authors J. Rollins
- Physics, Medicine
- Nature
- 20 August 2009
A stochastic background of gravitational waves is expected to arise from a superposition of a large number of unresolved gravitational-wave sources of astrophysical and cosmological origin. It should… Expand
Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light
- J. Aasi, J. Abadie, +657 authors J. Zweizig
- Physics
- 1 July 2013
Nearly a century after Einstein first predicted the existence of gravitational waves, a global network of Earth-based gravitational wave observatories1, 2, 3, 4 is seeking to directly detect this… Expand
Parameter estimation for compact binary coalescence signals with the first generation gravitational-wave detector network
- The Ligo Scientific Collaboration, T. V. C. J. Aasi, +800 authors J. Zweizig
- Physics
- 5 April 2013
Compact binary systems with neutron stars or black holes are one of the most promising sources for ground-based gravitational-wave detectors. Gravitational radiation encodes rich information about… Expand
Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in LIGO's sixth science run and Virgo's science runs 2 and 3
- The Ligo Scientific Collaboration, T. V. C. J. Abadie, +795 authors J. Zweizig
- Physics
- 30 November 2011
We report on a search for gravitational waves from coalescing compact binaries using LIGO and Virgo observations between July 7, 2009, and October 20, 2010. We searched for signals from binaries with… Expand
Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves
- P. Demorest, R. Ferdman, +24 authors W. Zhu
- Physics
- 31 January 2012
We present an analysis of high-precision pulsar timing data taken as part of the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) project. We have observed 17 pulsars for a… Expand
Gravitational waves from a compact star in a circular, inspiral orbit, in the equatorial plane of a massive, spinning black hole, as observed by LISA
- L. Finn, Kip S. Thorne Department of Physics, +7 authors Ca
- Physics
- 28 July 2000
Results are presented from high-precision computations of the orbital evolution and emitted gravitational waves for a stellar-mass object spiraling into a massive black hole in a slowly shrinking,… Expand
Calibration of the LIGO gravitational wave detectors in the fifth science run
- L. S. C. J. Abadie, B. Abbott, +536 authors J. Zweizig
- Physics
- 22 July 2010
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a network of three detectors built to detect local perturbations in the space–time metric from astrophysical sources. These… Expand
The International Pulsar Timing Array project: using pulsars as a gravitational wave detector
- G. Hobbs, A. Archibald, +55 authors X. You
- Physics
- 27 November 2009
The International Pulsar Timing Array project combines observations of pulsars from both northern and southern hemisphere observatories with the main aim of detecting ultra-low frequency (similar to… Expand
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