scholarly journals Gravitational waves from black hole-neutron star binaries: Effective Fisher matrices and parameter estimation using higher harmonics

2013 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hee-Suk Cho ◽  
Evan Ochsner ◽  
Richard O’Shaughnessy ◽  
Chunglee Kim ◽  
Chang-Hwan Lee
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Parameter Estimation ◽  
Neutron Star ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Higher Harmonics

scholarly journals Parameter estimation of gravitational waves from precessing black hole-neutron star inspirals with higher harmonics

2014 ◽  
Vol 89 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard O’Shaughnessy ◽  
Benjamin Farr ◽  
Evan Ochsner ◽  
Hee-Suk Cho ◽  
V. Raymond ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Parameter Estimation ◽  
Neutron Star ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Higher Harmonics

scholarly journals Constraints on Stellar Evolution from Observations of Compact Object Binaries

2004 ◽  
Vol 194 ◽  
pp. 266-266
Author(s):  
T. Bulik ◽  
R. Moderski ◽  
K. Belczyński
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Neutron Star ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Stellar Evolution ◽  
Compact Object ◽  
Selection Effects ◽  
Common Envelope ◽  
Mass Ratios ◽  
The Masses

The masses of compact object (black hole, neutron star) binaries depend strongly on the parameters describing stellar evolution. Such masses or their functions can be measured using gravitational waves or through microlensing searches. We analyze an example of the varying common envelope efficiency and show the dependence of distributions of the measured chirp masses in gravitational waves mass ratios through microlensing taking into account the relevant selection effects.

The development of ground based gravitational wave astronomy and opportunities for Australia–China collaboration

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (28n29) ◽  
pp. 1545019
Author(s):  
David Blair ◽  
Li Ju ◽  
Chunnong Zhao ◽  
Linqing Wen ◽  
Qi Chu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Neutron Star ◽  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Event Rate ◽  
Wave Spectrum ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Dramatic Improvement ◽  
The Universe

This paper begins by reviewing the development of gravitational wave astronomy from the first predictions of gravitational waves to development of technologies across the entire gravitational wave spectrum, and then focuses on the current status of ground based gravitational wave detectors. With substantial improvements already demonstrated in early commissioning it is emphasised that Advanced detectors are on track for first detection of gravitational waves. The importance of a worldwide array of detectors is emphasised, and recent results are shown that demonstrate the continued advantage of a southern hemisphere detector. Finally it is shown that a north–south pair of 8 km arm length detectors would give rise to a dramatic improvement in event rate, enabling a pair of detectors to encompass a 64-times larger volume of the universe, to conduct a census on all stellar mass black hole mergers to [Formula: see text] and to observe neutron star mergers to a distance of [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]800 Mpc.

scholarly journals Recent searches for continuous gravitational waves

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (39) ◽  
pp. 1730035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Riles
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Neutron Star ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Continuous Wave ◽  
New Era ◽  
Binary Neutron Star ◽  
Binary Black Hole ◽  
Bose Einstein

Gravitational wave astronomy opened dramatically in September 2015 with the LIGO discovery of a distant and massive binary black hole coalescence. The more recent discovery of a binary neutron star merger, followed by a gamma ray burst (GRB) and a kilonova, reinforces the excitement of this new era, in which we may soon see other sources of gravitational waves, including continuous, nearly monochromatic signals. Potential continuous wave (CW) sources include rapidly spinning galactic neutron stars and more exotic possibilities, such as emission from axion Bose Einstein “clouds” surrounding black holes. Recent searches in Advanced LIGO data are presented, and prospects for more sensitive future searches are discussed.

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