Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2018
Volume 63, Number 4
Saturday–Tuesday, April 14–17, 2018; Columbus, Ohio
Session C04: Recent LIGO/Virgo ResultsInvited
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Sponsoring Units: DGRAV Chair: Laura Cadonati, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: A120-122 |
Saturday, April 14, 2018 1:30PM - 2:06PM |
C04.00001: Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescences Detected during the Second Advanced LIGO/Virgo Observing Run Invited Speaker: Jolien Creighton The second observing run (O2) of the advanced Laser Interferometric Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo has yielded additional detections of gravitational waves produced by compact binary coalescences, including both binary black hole mergers and binary neutron star collisions. This talk will provide a census of the gravitational wave events that have been reported by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration to date. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:06PM - 2:42PM |
C04.00002: Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo Invited Speaker: Jennifer Driggers The Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors have revolutionized the field of gravitational wave astronomy with the direct detection of gravitational waves from the mergers of compact stellar remnants. During the second observation run from November 2016 - August 2017, the interferometers greatly increased the time-volume of the universe observed as compared to the first run, detected several black hole binary mergers, and saw the first coalescence of a binary neutron star. In this talk I will discuss the status of the instruments during the latest observation run, including challenges and successes in mitigating them. I will conclude with an outlook on upgrades that are currently being implemented in preparation for our next observation run. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, April 14, 2018 2:42PM - 3:18PM |
C04.00003: Searches for continuous gravitational waves from rotating neutron stars Invited Speaker: Sinead Walsh Rapidly rotating neutron stars, isolated or in binary systems, are potential sources of continuous gravitational waves for the LIGO and Virgo observatories. Searches for continuous gravitational waves include targeted searches, where the location and frequency of the source are known, directed searches, where the frequency of the signal is unknown, and all-sky searches for unknown neutron stars. In this talk, I highlight a selection of recent results from searches for continuous gravitational waves. [Preview Abstract] |
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