Gravitational Waves from Compact Objects

来自致密物体的引力波

• 批准号: 1206027
• 负责人: Benjamin Owen
• 金额: $ 27万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-01 至 2015-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1206027&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.

该奖项支持对来自最年轻中子星的连续引力波的搜索的发展和实施。它还支持与中子星微物理学和引力波发射机制有关的天体物理学指导和连续波搜索解释的相关工作。这些搜索将是少数几个即使使用当前LIGO数据也能达到天体物理学感兴趣的灵敏度的搜索之一，并将有助于推动LIGO从一个原型转变为在先进探测器时代探索物理学和天体物理学的工具。探测到任何引力波信号都将是基础物理学的革命性突破，并开启天文学和天体物理学的新时代。特别是连续波信号将使我们能够直接观察到中子星内部，否则就无法进入，以及物质在超核密度下的行为。该奖项支持研究生和本科生在引力物理、数据分析、天体物理学和天文学之间的接口方面的培训；它还通过www.ligo.org网站支持公众宣传。