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The Search for Gravitational Waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2008

A. Oscoz ,
E. Mediavilla ,
M. Serra-Ricart  and
A.M. Sintes
A.M. Sintes*
Affiliation:
Departament de Física, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Cra. Valldemossa Km. 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert Einstein Institut, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Golm, Germany
*
sintes@aei.mpg.de
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Abstract

The search for gravitational waves has reached a new era as currently a network of interferometric gravitational wave detectors is in operation around the globe at its initial target sensitivity, in parallel with existing acoustic bar-type detectors, and searches are underway aimed at the first direct detection of gravitational radiation from astrophysical sources. This paper briefly summarizes the status of operating gravitational wave facilities, plans for future detector upgrades and the status of the space-based gravitational wave detector LISA. It also describes some of the most promising sources of gravitational waves for ground-based detectors like LIGO and VIRGO and LISA.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 30: Spanish Relativity Meeting - Encuentros Relativistas Españoles , ERE2007: Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology , 2008 , pp. 15 - 25
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2008

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