Gravitational Waves from Compact Objects

来自致密物体的引力波

• 批准号: 1544295
• 负责人: Benjamin Owen
• 金额: $ 5.74万
• 依托单位: Texas Tech University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-02-01 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1544295&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Gravitational; Waves; Compact; Objects

This award supports the development and implementation of searches for continuous gravitational waves from the youngest neutron stars. It also supports related work on astrophysical guidance and interpretation of continuous-wave searches as they relate to neutron-star microphysics and gravitational-wave emission mechanisms. These searches will be among the few to reach astrophysically interesting sensitivities even with current LIGO data, and will help propel the transformation of LIGO from a prototype into a tool for exploring physics and astrophysics in the era of advanced detectors.Detection of any gravitational wave signal will be a transformative breakthrough in fundamental physics and open up a new era of astronomy and astrophysics. A continuous-wave signal in particular will give a direct view into the otherwise inaccessible interior of a neutron star and the behavior of matter at supernuclear densities. This award supports the training of graduate and undergraduate students on the interfaces between gravitational physics, data analysis, astrophysics, and astronomy; and it supports public outreach through the www.ligo.org web site.

该奖项支持开发和实施搜索最年轻的中子恒星连续重力波的搜索。它还支持有关天体物理指导的相关工作，并在与中子明星微物理学和重力波排放机制相关时对连续波搜索的解释。这些搜索即使使用当前的LIGO数据也将是少数达到天体物理上有趣的敏感性之一，并将有助于将Ligo从原型转变为高级检测器时代探索物理和天体物理学的工具。任何引力波信号的检测将在基本的物理学和Astroptrics的基础物理学中是一种转变的突破性，并使其成为一种新的Astrons and Astroptys of Astropty and Astrons。尤其是连续的波信号将直接欣赏中子恒星的原本无法接近的内部以及在超核密度下物质的行为。该奖项支持对引力物理学，数据分析，天体物理学和天文学之间界面的研究生和本科生的培训；它通过www.ligo.org网站支持公共宣传。