30 mai 2017 à 2 juin 2017
Impérial Palace
Fuseau horaire Europe/Paris

The detection of Continuous Gravitational Waves in the Advanced Detector Era

1 juin 2017, 14:00
35m
Impérial Palace

Impérial Palace

Allée de l'Impérial, Annecy
Invited talk Continuous waves and stochastic signals Continuous Waves and Stochastic Signals

Orateur

Dr Paola Leaci (Sapienza University and INFN)

Description

The recent sensitivity improvements of the worldwide advanced gravitational-wave detector network has allowed us to detect the first transient gravitational-wave signal, marking thus the official beginning of the gravitational-wave astronomy. We have then started to hone the comprehension of some of the objects populating our Universe. A broader picture would be however provided by the detection of continuous-wave signals, which are emitted by rotating neutron stars with a non-axisymmetric deformation. After presenting the most stringent results obtained to date by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration, I will focus on the prospects for detecting continuous gravitational waves by mainly exploiting innovative strategies to search for such class of signals in the current long-awaited advanced detector era.

Auteur principal

Dr Paola Leaci (Sapienza University and INFN)

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