2011/08/05 by Marc van der Sluys, van der Sluys, Marc · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Classical mechanics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Gravitation #Gravitational wave #Physics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) #astro-ph.SR #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1108.1307
published in arXiv (Cornell University) 447, 317-332 (Cornell University) · 15 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. To be published in "Evolution of compact binaries", editors: Linda Schmidtobreick, Matthias Schreiber and Claus Tappert
arxiv created 2011/08/05 · openalex publication_date 2011/08/05 · arxiv updated 2011/08/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this review, I give a summary of the history of our understanding of gravitational waves and how compact binaries were used to transform their status from mathematical artefact to physical reality. I also describe the types of compact (stellar) binaries that LISA will observe as soon as it is switched on. Finally, the status and near future of LIGO, Virgo and GEO are discussed, as well as the expected detection rates for the Advanced detectors, and the accuracies with which binary parameters can be determined when BH/NS inspirals are detected.